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Coast Guard clears waste from beaches

Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:09
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The Hindu 20.09.2009

Coast Guard clears waste from beaches

 

Madurai Bureau

A large number of students participate

—Photo: N. Rajesh

CLEAN DRIVE: Volunteers clearing waste from new port beach in Tuticorin on Saturday.

Tuticorin: Coast Guard personnel here launched a beach cleaning campaign to highlight the importance of “clean coast and clean sea” on the occasion of International Coastal Clean up Day on Saturday.

Personnel from various organisations such as the marine police, municipal corporation, naval and army wing of NCC cadets from various schools and colleges participated in the cleaning drive.

Many volunteers

A large number of students from Tuticorin Port Trust School, St. Mary’s College, Kamaraj College, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College, Tiruchendur, VOC College, Vikasa School, Fisheries Department, TPT, Central Industrial Security Force, GoMBRT, BSNL Tuticorin and others cleaned the beach near the administrative building of Port Guest House.

Speaking to The Hindu, Commandant Udhal Singh, Indian Coast Guard Station, Tuticorin, who flagged off the drive, said that the volunteers picked up waste and non bio degradable materials along the coast which motivated the local populace about the necessity for a clean and litter free environment.

He said that people must desist from dropping litter on the beach to protect the environment from pollution.

Around 400 volunteers participated in the clean campaign.

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Around 400 persons from the Coast Guard, Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust, Forest, Fisheries, Eco Development Committees and others took part in a similar exercise at Rameswaram.

The campaign was inaugurated at Agnitheerthakadarkarai by Commandant D.S. Saini, Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Station, Mandapam. K. Balasubramanian, District Revenue Officer, flagged off the operation at Ariyaman beach near Ucipuli. Commandants A.K. Mudgal, Venu Madhav, Tamta Y. Dutta and others participated.

They cleared all types of waste, including cloths, plastic bags and cups and other non degradable items from the beaches.

Mr. Saini said that more than 2,000 kg of waste materials were removed from the beaches.

A similar campaign was carried out in Chennai also.

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:11
 

Corporation retrieves land

Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:07
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The Hindu 20.09.2009

Corporation retrieves land

 

Staff Reporter

— Photo: A. Shaikmohideen

SWIFT ACTION: A compound wall constructed by a property developer being removed at Palayamkottai on Saturday.

TIRUNELVELI: Corporation officials demolished the compound wall of an apartment at Palayamkottai on Saturday to retrieve a land measuring about three cents (1,290 square feet) belonging to the urban body encroached upon by a private builder.

After a private builder encroached upon the corporation land adjacent to his apartment next to Old Bishop’s House on the South High Ground Road, a team of officials from the Corporation descended on the premises on Saturday morning. As the survey conducted by the corporation officials revealed that the builder had encroached upon the land costing about several lakhs of rupees, they decided to remove it. Demolishing the compound wall with the heavy equipment to retrieve the land, the corporation officials also dug up the hitherto illegally occupied land to find whether any tank had been constructed under ground.

Based on the complaint given by Palayamkottai zone Assistant Commissioner (in-Charge) T. Shanthi, the Palayamkottai police have registered case against owner of the property Antony Raj, also from Palayamkottai.

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:09
 

Salem Corpn. removes encroachments

Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:03
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The Hindu 20.09.2009

Salem Corpn. removes encroachments

 

Staff Reporter

SALEM: A team of Salem Corporation and revenue officials removed encroachments in the New Integrated Bus Stand here on Saturday.

The civic body had taken up the initiative following widespread complaints from the public that a number of persons had encroached upon platforms and pavements in the bus stand and put up shops, causing inconvenience to passengers.

Though the civic body had allotted a separate place for these vendors to establish their shops, a number of them continued to occupy the platforms and pavements.

More than 50,000 people access the bus stand every day.

A large number of buses are being operated connecting important cities including Chennai, Bangalore and Coimbatore.

The encroachments had narrowed the pathways and the access roads to the bus stand, adding to the traffic congestion.

As a result, the Corporation, in co-ordination with revenue and police officials, removed the encroachments.

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:05
 
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