Even though it has been two years since the northeastern Pacific coast of Japan was catastrophically hit by triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, the region still continues to face the peril of the debris which, most disquietingly, contains - among things like lead, asbestos, PCBs - radioactive waste resulting from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.

The `disposal of debris' situation currently is that the rather nightmarish task of the disaster-hit region's has apparently just begun; that too in a way which is anything but clean.

The debris cleanup lags are evident from the fact that contaminated waste has been dumped by the cleanup workers, without any consideration to regulations or safety; with the cleanup process having been infiltrated by organized crime.

The workers not only lack property oversight, proper training or adequate safety equipment for handling the hazardous waste, but have also been complaining about docked pay and unpaid hazard allowances, which should be
10,000 yen ($110) per day.

Against the backdrop of the fact that meltdowns of three nuclear plant reactor cores at Fukushima Dai-Ichi have released radiation into the surrounding air, soil and ocean, one of the cleanup workers - who requested to be identified only by his last name, Nakamura - said the issues affecting workers was just a "part of a widespread problem;" and added: "Everyone, from bureaucrats to construction giants to tattooed gangsters, is trying to prey on decontamination projects. And the government is looking the other way."