Deccan Chronicle 23.02.2010

No burning waste at Kodungaiyur

Feb. 22: The Chennai corporation commissioner on Monday informed the Madras high court that the corporation was taking remedial measures with regard to dumping and burning of garbage in Kodungaiyur.
When the case came up for hearing before a division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, corporation commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni, who was present in the court, informed the bench that steps were being taken to prevent the entry of rag-pickers and burning of garbage in Kodungaiyur.

Directing the commissioner to file an affidavit in this regard, the bench adjourned to February 24 further hearing of the petition filed by Kaviarasu of citizen welfare association seeking a direction to the Chennai corporation to remove the excess garbage and stop further filling up of garbage in the landfill site at Kodungaiyur.

Earlier, when the matter came up for hearing on February 10, advocate general P.S. Raman submitted that the corporation was taking all steps to prevent entry of rag-pickers and burning garbage and requested the court to issue a suitable direction to the commissioner of police (CoP) to take action on a letter addressed by the corporation dated February 9 and the bench directed the CoP to take action and pass app-ropriate orders in three days. The letter requested the CoP to arrange for patrolling and creation of police outpost at Kondungaiyur dumping ground to prevent rag-pickers from entering the area and burning garbage.