The Hindu 22.08.2013
“Efforts made for scientific closure of dumping sites”
Efforts have been made for scientific closure of
existing dumping sites in urban local bodies (ULB) across the State,
said the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration (CMA) in its report
to the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench which was hearing on a
batch of applications relating to municipal solid waste management
(MSWM).
The CMA also informed the Tribunal that the
request for proposal (RFP) had been issued to private companies for
appointment of consultants for preparation of detailed project reports
for scientific closure of existing dumping sites in 10 urban local
bodies. The local bodies included Tiruchi Municipal Corporation and
municipalities of Cuddalore, Poonamallee, Tirupatthur-Jolarpet,
Tiruvannamalai, Hosur, Thanjavur, Dindigul, Udagamandalam and Nagercoil.
An
official of the CMA said such closure would be done by providing
geo-synthetic liner, geo-text, high density polyethylene membrane, and
later, a portion of the reclaimed land would be converted into a
playground or park.
The remaining would be used for the purpose for setting up modern municipal solid waste management (MSWM) facility.
According
to the report of the CMA, the Corporations and municipalities in the
State generate 13,400 tonnes of solid municipal waste per day.