A preliminary meeting of the City Technical Advisory Group
(CTAG) was convened here in the city during which the suggestion was
mooted to the senior corporation officials. Some of the CTAG members
also explored the possibilities of using construction debris for
purposes like land-filling and as a substitute for sand in constructing
non load bearing structures. This will reduce the piling up of
construction waste and debris along the roadside, open areas and near
water-bodies in its limits.

“It was an informal meeting in
which the CTAG members were asked to point out their suggestions and
remarks about the ongoing works of the civic body. Suggestions like
reusing construction debris as a possible substitute for sand was one of
the suggestions,” said G Latha, commissioner, Coimbatore municipal
corporation.

It was the first CTAG meeting convened at the main hall of the corporation office after the new city municipal corporation commissioner
took over as the administrative chief of the civic body. The
corporation has constituted the CTAG as an external body to assist it in
implementing various developmental work by providing external input and
observation about the progress of the ongoing work.

“Construction rubble except stone jelly
could be crushed into powder and could be reused for construction work
itself. It is being done in Mumbai and various other parts of the
country,” said R Elangaovan, executive engineer, quality control
division, PWD who was also part of the meeting.

The city
corporation is expected to expand the City Technical Advisory Group
(CTAG) in the coming future ahead of releasing the new city development
plan. Some of the major projects to be included in the new city
development plan include mass transit system like monorail that has been
already announced by the state government.