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Three garbage compactors inducted into service

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The Hindu       06.04.2017  

Three garbage compactors inducted into service

To improve solid waste management in Pallipalayam municipal areas, three garbage compactors worth Rs. 33.82 lakh and 37 pushcarts were inducted into service here recently.

The Minister for Electricity, Excise and Prohibition, P. Thangamani, flagged off the service in the presence of District Collector M. Asia Mariam and Erode MP S. Selvakumara Chinnayan.

The vehicles would are meant to garbage collection in municipal limits. The pushcarts will be of use to conservancy workers for door-to-door waste collection.

Mr. Thangamani also handed over orders to as many as 583 people who have been selected under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme to construct houses.

C. Malathi, Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, Tiruchengode Revenue Divisional Officer R. Keerthi Priyadarshini and officials participated.