The Hindu 02.11.2010
Cracker merchants told not to dump waste indiscriminately
| ‘Do not choke drainage or dump carton boxes on road' |
Segregate bio-degradable and non-degradable wastes
‘Remit taxes and rentals without delay'
Coimbatore: Coimbatore Mayor R. Venkatachalam has asked the cracker merchants not to dump carton boxes and wastes on the road or inside sewerage lines.
Mr. Venkatachalam conducted a meeting with the merchants which was attended by Deputy Commissioner S. Prabhakaran, Health Committee Chairman Nachimuthu and City Health Officer P. Aruna. He said that plastic is banned in Coimbatore and merchants should co-operate in keeping the city clean.
He has advised the merchants and the public to segregate bio-degradable and non-degradable wastes before handing them over to Corporation workers.
He also asked the merchants to remit their taxes and rentals to the Corporation without delay in order to carry on the development works.
Waste water
Shops dealing with eatables should have the electric lights and machines for keeping the flies and insects at bay, he said.
Similarly, slaughter houses and meat stalls should ensure that the waste water is not let into the drainage, the Mayor said.
Hand-held machines
Corporation has planned to provide hand-held machines for assessing water charges and for issuing receipts on collection of water charges. At present the machines were launched in West Zone by Mayor R. Venkatachalam and Commissioner Anshul Mishra.
In the first phase 28 machines were being given in South and West Zones and in future all the zones and all bill collectors would be equipped with these machines.
Heath camp
“Varumun Kappom”, a preventive health camp, was conducted by the Corporation in Kottaimedu Ward Number 27 recently.
A release from the civic body said that so far as many as 24 such camps had been conducted and as many as 25,072 people benefitted and were provided with Rs 2.41 lakh worth of medicines.
In these camps, 2,319 pregnant women availed the benefit of scanning, 1,665 patients availed ECG, 18,311 patients benefitted by going through blood screening, 5,033 availed diabetes screening, 8,640 went through urine tests for detection of diabetes.
