The Hindu        09.12.2011

Needs of expanded Corporation areas discussed

Data validation work for online payment of professional tax in the city will be completed in six months.

According to a press release, the deadline for preparation of street correlation statement for both professional and property tax in the expanded Chennai Corporation is December 20.

A meeting was organised on Thursday at Ripon Buildings to discuss the programmes and schemes of the Corporation in the 200 wards. A proposal for a structured format was made to capture all the basic information about each zone. Corporation Commissioner P.W.C.Davidar chaired the meeting of senior officials. The requirements of infrastructure to locate division offices and build new ones wherever necessary were discussed.

A pilot programme was initiated in ward 141 for door-to-door collection of garbage and to examine the possibilities of collecting garbage without bins. A detailed road map is being prepared and would be issued shortly.

The meeting also discussed the need for intensifying the collection of segregated plastics and preparing an action for laying polymer bitumen roads using plastic wastes.