The Hindu 10.09.2009

Mass cleaning programme revived

Staff Reporter

— Photo: A. Shaikmohideen

Sprucing up: Mass cleaning programme being inaugurated in Palayamkottai on Wednesday.

TIRUNELVELI: To further fine-tune its cleaning operations in the areas under the jurisdiction of the corporation, the civic body revived its mass cleaning programme on Wednesday by mobilising the entire conservancy workforce in three wards of the corporation.

Even as the solid waste management programme of the corporation is going on smoothly for the past couple of years, cleaning of garbage within the city has been affected due to paucity of manpower.

However, the local body tides over the situation by mobilising the existing workforce in a particular ward on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to clean the garbage.

Minister for Environment, Youth Welfare and Sports T.P.M. Maideen Khan and Deputy Mayor K. Muthuramalingam inaugurated the mass cleaning activities at Maharaja Nagar (ward 19) in Palayamkottai. Similarly garbage cleaning was conducted at wards 1 in Thatchanallur Zone and 11 in Palayamkottai Zone also.

“As per this arrangement, 80 sanitary workers will be sent to each ward with adequate number of lorries and other vehicles to remove the garbage collected during the mass cleaning activities. Preference will be given to cleaning of drainage channels, removal of plastic waste and other long-standing sanitary issues,” said Executive Engineer, Tirunelveli Corporation, Narayanan Nair.

The Hindu 10.09.2009

“Expedite construction of public toilet”

Special Correspondent

TIRUCHI: Corporation Commissioner T.T. Balsamy has instructed officials to expedite the construction of public toilet for women at the Central Bus Stand in the city.

Mr.Balsamy, who inspected the development and sanitation works at the bus stand, told the Corporation engineers to complete the toilet complex, sanctioned at a cost of Rs.9.95 lakh, at the earliest.

The Commissioner also instructed officials not to allow shopkeepers inside the bus stand to extend their shops onto the pavements. He also warned of a stern action against erring shop keepers. No temporary pavement shops should be allowed inside the bus stand.

He also inspected garbage clearance and other sanitary works being carried out by a private agency inside the bus stand.

Earlier, after inspecting the sanitary works in various parts of the city, Mr. Balsamy instructed the ward sanitary supervisors to initiate disciplinary action against sanitary workers who failed to report for duty in time.