Lakhs of women gathered here for the Attukal pongala festival on Sunday.
Just
like after any public gathering, the city was left all messy and stinky
due to big chunk of waste by the afternoon and then the Corporation
entered the scene.
The City Corporation employees clad in blue and khakhi removed all the garbage by late night as they promised.
The
cleaning process started soon after the ritual concluded by Sunday
afternoon in the 20-wards which were declared as the festival zone.
Considering
the huge amount of garbage generated during the festival days, the
Corporation had employed 2,470 employees, including 1,750 temporary and
720 permanent staff for cleaning work.
The organic and plastic waste generated were taken away to pre-identified spots in 43 tipper lorries.
“It was impossible for us to remove the garbage during the daytime as there was heavy rush.
“The cleaning process will be completed by late night.
“The waste will be taken to various locations and buried in waste pits,” said Mayor K Chandrika here on Sunday evening.
However, the Mayor refused to reveal about where the garbage will be disposed.
The
Corporation authorities had earlier announced that voluntary
organisations which offer food to the devotees during the festival
should process the garbage they generate by themselves.
They had also directed that plastic disposable cups, plastic and thermocol plates should not be used.
However,
many organisations and small tea stalls and shops in the city failed to
follow this and plastic cups, plates and banned polythene bags below 30
microns remained scattered on the city roads and temple premises adding
to the trouble of the cleaning staff.
