ahmedabad as flames continue to rage on the 55metrehigh pirana dumping mound spewing toxic fumes in the air one of the families staying in the adjacent colony on thursday shifted to at a rented house all they want is to breathe safe airmohammed rafiq ghanchi 35 an autorickshaw driver along with his five family members on thursday started loading his luggage in a loadingrickshaw to go to his new rented house from his own home at memon colony in piranafaruq shaikh 40 another resident of citizen nagar said that he lost his vision due to the poisonous smoke after a recent eye surgey he had to flee the place along with his family of six to naroda patiya area shaikh an autorickshaw driver is a survivor of the 2002 naroda patiya riots i had come here eight years ago thinking that this dumpyard would be removed from here ghanchi said the government had then in 2009 also announced that a garden would be made in place of the mound but the dump and our problems continued to increase ganchi who now has asthma too said that he cannot afford to risk his life as the poisonous smoke coming out with the flames for the last four days is unbearable we have bought a twostorey house in memon colony but now we will have to stay at oneroom house in saraspur for which we will have to pay rs 2000 per month ghanchi said gandhi said that all the five members of his family are under treatment either for respiratory illness or for intestinal diseases shaikh who shifted to naroda patiya on thursday said he had to have an eye surgery 10 days ago my doctor had advised me to avoid smoke and dirt as the fire has been continuously raging here for the last couple of days he said i ruined my vision due to this to avoid further injuries to my eyes i had decided to shift to naroda patiya from where we were rehabilitated at citizen nagar in pirana at the time of the 2002 riots shaikh said