The Times of India 11.03.2013
Athipet trash transfer station to be revamped
garbage transfer station may be able to breathe odourless air from next
January. The Corporation of Chennai has decided to revamp the transfer
station so that that the garbage does not raise a stink.
While the design for the new transfer station has not been finalized,
the civic body intends to ensure that garbage does not pile up. “We plan
to ask architects to design a system where the old garbage gets picked
up first by tipper vehicles,” said a corporation official. “The garbage
at the bottom of the pit gets left behind daily and starts rotting. That
causes the smell,” he said. The new transfer station will be designed
to allow easy movement of large vehicles and will have a water recycling
plant to reduce water consumption.
The Tamil Nadu government
allotted 14 crore last year to build modern transfer stations. The civic
body has allotted 2.17 crore to the Amabttur transfer station.