Shepshed: Overflowing sewage floods front gardens

Sewage which overflowed onto the front garden of a home in Leicestershire has not been cleaned up, despite requests from the homeowner.

Dilip Patel, 72, said the front of his Iveshead Road home, in Shepshed, was flooded by human waste on Monday.

He said he reported it to Severn Trent, who sent out engineers, but remains of the waste still remain across his driveway.

The water company has apologised for the flooding.

Mr Patel said that he was alerted by neighbours that the sewage had pushed up a drain cover in front of his home and that waste was covering the front garden of the property.

Sewage also flooded his neighbour's driveway and is still flowing over a crossing point at the nearby Ashby Road West, he said.

He said the flood was "pretty disgusting".

"It was smelling and you could see all the tissues and all the faeces," he said.

"I rang Severn Trent and they said it would take four working days.

"It happened on Monday and still today all the muck is right on my front garden."

Mr Patel said his grandchildren have not been allowed to come to his house because of the waste.

"Their parents have not allowed them to come here because it is so filthy," he said.

"Even my children don't come at the moment because it is stinking.

"Four days living with this kind of smell is too much."

The 72-year-old said that he wants his property cleaned and for compensation to cover a £180 bill he paid to a company who checked his drains for blockages.

Daniel Borst, network operations Lead for Leicestershire at Severn Trent said: "Any type of flooding can be distressing, and a team is already on site to investigate the cause of the issue, get it resolved as quickly as possible and undertake a thorough cleanse of the affected area."

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