The Hindu      15.06.2016  

500 panchayats to be plastic-free: Collector

As many as 500 panchayats out of the total 860
panchayats in the district will become plastic-free due to the solid
waste management programme implemented under the Swachh Bharat Mission,
Collector A. Gnanasekaran said. Speaking at a meeting organised here on
Tuesday to review the progress of development programmes, Mr.
Gnanasekaran said that the programme is being implemented in the
villages with at least 300 dwellings that either have industries,
government hospital or primary health centre, or happen to be
headquarters of district, taluk or block, or located near town, located
along railway line, National or State highways.

Cleanliness guards

A
cleanliness guard would be appointed for every 150 dwelling in every
habitation. The garbage would be collected, dumped, segregated into
perishable and non-perishable materials. Non- perishable waste would be
sold for recycling and compost would be generated from perishable wastes
and sold, he said.

Speaking on the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Mr. Gnanasekaran asked
people to prepare a draft plan for every panchayat under the scheme for
2016-17 fiscal.