A press release of the Corporation Commissioner R. Sadheesh issued here on Thursday said that the Sate government has introduced this new system across the State.

Under this system, the government has made the Reproductive Child Health RCH - ID mandatory for getting the birth and death certificates.

For getting the RCH ID, all the pregnant women should approach the urban primary health centres functioning in their areas.

They should provide a copy of the aadhaar card to the authorities, the release added.

Pregnant women, who were consulting private doctors, too, should get the RCH ID number from the nearby urban PHC.

The Corporation Commissioner called upon all the pregnant women to register for the RCH ID with immediate effect.

With the Corporation continuing to dump the municipal solid waste at its yard in Vairapalayam which is located along the River Cauvery, leachates draining from the waste pollute the river as residents wanted processing plants to be established at the earliest.

Waste collected from all the 60 wards in the city is dumped in Vairapalayam and at Vendipalayam. Over two lakh tonnes of waste was dumped in the 20-acre yard at Vairapalayam that is located along the river. The yard is used for over 20 years and the mounting garbage had risen to a height of over 16 feet.

Setting off fire to the garbage by miscreants had irked the residents who complain of pollution. People resorted to road blockage and prevented entry of vehicles that carry garbage to the yard. After talks, residents allowed the dumping of garbage collected from a few wards.

Leachates from the waste directly enter the river that is already polluted due to mixing of untreated industrial waste and flow of drainage. Despite many organisations that fight for environmental protection raise concern, the dumping continues.

Members of Neerodai had earlier urged the district administration and the corporation to stop dumping the waste and also wanted it to be removed from the area. They said that leachates which are hazardous to public health enter the water and contaminate it further.

Corporation officials said that work is on to establish a processing plant to treat the municipal solid waste. They added that waste collected from the residents and commercial establishments will be processed and converted into fertilizer.