The Hindu 24.03.2013
Garbage in Perungudi to be shifted to corner of dumping yard
Intercarting of mounds of waste currently located near
the entrance of the Perungudi dumping yard will begin shortly. The
Chennai Corporation will hire heavy vehicles for one month to remove the
waste near the weigh bridge of the dumping yard to the extreme end,
near the Pallikaranai Marsh.
Officials said the
intercarting will not affect the existing area of the eco-sensitive
marshland. The process is expected to bring some relief to residents
near the entrance of the dumping yard.
The unplanned
dumping of waste in Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumping yards has caused
problems such as fire, smoke and pollution. Residents of the localities
nearby staged many protests seeking to draw attention to the fires and
pollution in the dumping yard.
The work to extend the
existing dumping area in Kodungaiyur is almost over. The civic body has
constructed temporary roads so that garbage can be dumped in the
interior of the dumping yard. The new dumping area in Kodungaiyur will
be at least 1.5 km away from the major residential localities.
The
Chennai Corporation has also commissioned surveillance facility in
Perungudi dumping yard by installation of CCTV to monitor the movement
of people inside the 200-acre area. Most of Pallikaranai marsh has been
handed over to the Forest Department and the Corporation has intensified
its focus on constructing a wall around the Perungudi dumping yard. The
civic body generates over 4,900 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily.
