The Corporation Council here on Tuesday approved the resolution
demanding that the government should appoint on daily-wage basis 300
more cleaning workers to manage the garbage generated in the city.

The
resolution also said that the workers in the Vilappilsala waste
treatment plant, who turned jobless following its closure, can also be
appointed on a seniority basis as cleaning workers directly if they
demand. The present strength, 757, has been existing since there were
only 50 wards in the Corporation and it is insufficient to meet the
garbage crisis when the number of wards have doubled and in the present
situation, of an absence of centralised waste treatment plant.

The
once-announced hologram affixing project on plastic carry bags will
also be resumed soon and a meeting in this regard is planned to be
convened with traders coming Friday. A decision towards transporting the
plastic waste also will be announced soon. On a demand to check the
wayside eateries operating in unhygienic conditions in the city, Health
Standing Committee chairperson S Pushpalatha told the council that,
within the limitations of the civic body, it will act tough.

On
the demand to make the dog-catching squad active, she informed the
council that several proposals have been submitted to the government
which are awaiting approval, and also pointed out the absence of a
veterinary doctor in the Corporation. The bye-bye mosquito scheme for
the eradication of mosquitoes will also have a launch with the arrival
of hand pumps.

All resolutions, presented in the council meeting, were approved.