Deccan Chronicle 01.09.2009
150 work to clean up Marina
September 1st, 2009
By Our Correspondent
Chennai, Aug. 31: Following the week-long celebrations of Vinayaka Chaturthi and the immersion of ab-out 5,000 Ganesha idols in the Marina Beach and Foreshore Estate, the ci-ty corporation has re-moved 65 metric tonnes of waste from the Marina in the past three days.
A press release from the Ripon Buildings said that Chennai corporation has deployed about 150 civic workers equipped with 14 heavy motor vehicles to clean the Marina.
Paper mache, clay, card board that were used for making the idols were removed in large quantities and sanitary workers are working ro-und the clock to clean Marina, the release added.
