The Hindu 02.08.2012
2,000 more garbage bins for city soon
Many residential neighbourhoods in the city are soon to
have new garbage bins. The Chennai Corporation will soon procure 2,000
bins for locations where garbage is being dumped on the street.
The
finalisation of the tender and the arrival of the bins are likely to
add momentum to Chennai Corporation’s plan to gradually restore the bins
to the original position in many places following opposition from
residents to the creation of enclosures.
Mayor’s brainchild
The
garbage bin enclosure project, a brain child of Mayor Saidai S.
Duraisamy, was to be implemented at 1,293 locations in seven zones in
the old corporation limits. Work was completed in many of the locations
at an estimated cost of Rs.4.35 crore.
The proposal
involved grouping garbage bins and the civic body had started installing
blue corrugated iron sheets to cover garbage bins all over the city.
The bins were proposed to be accessible only to the tricycle men and
compactor helpers in the area. But ragpickers, dogs and cattle continue
to have access to the covered bins and this has emerged a stumbling
block to keeping the area around the bins clean.
At every location, between five and 10 bins have been placed.
Hindrance to Ramky
The
Corporation’s new system has also hindered the normal functioning of
the private conservancy operator Ramky Enviro Engineers in Adyar,
Teynampet and Kodambakkam zones.
Over 6,000 bins in
the old corporation limits were relocated as part of the project.
However, residents in some areas have been objecting to the grouping of
bins as stench is unbearable with garbage from nearby commercial
establishments being dumped in many such enclosures.
The bin enclosure project was to be implemented at 1,293 locations but ran into resistance