The Hindu 15.11.2013
Campaign to segregate waste in Chetpet soon
A campaign to segregate garbage at source from among
700-odd households, eight schools, 35 commercial establishments, two
auditoria and several hospitals will be launched on Harrington Road,
Chetpet from Monday.
A Chennai Corporation official
said a group of residents has come together and is sending out email
flyers, making posters and creating awareness among people in the
neighbourhood and schoolchildren. Anybody who is a resident of
Harrington road is a part of this drive.
“A biomethanation plant has also been planned in the vicinity,” the official explained.
Members
of the Harrington Road Residents’ Association said that so far 200
households have been reached through posters, email, a Facebook page and
WhatsApp messages. They have even roped in two ragpickers – Selvi and
Sathish – and two raddhiwalas.
“The idea was to be
inclusive and we also didn’t want them to lose their livelihood. We are
in discussions with the Corporation to give them identity cards,” said a
member.
The residents said that as long as they knew
that garbage segregation at source had an end, they would continue to
use separate bins for wet and dry waste.
The
pamphlets advice residents to drop off medical waste at an identified
hospital so that it can be incinerated safely, and to wrap sanitary
waste in newspaper and mark it with a red cross. Contact numbers of
collection agencies for various kinds of waste have also been given. For
details, email: hrra101@gmail.com.
