The Times of India 22.12.2011
Garbage overflow forces corpn think out of box
CHENNAI: Do garbage bins on your street corner spill more garbage than they collect? Garbage strewn around could be a thing of the past if a project of the corporation
works out. The corporation is doing a pilot project in ward 141 (parts
of T Nagar), where it would collect garbage from households.
Conservancy workers will collect the garbage from the households every morning. Residents have welcomed the move, provided the clearance is regular. "The worker should come regularly. The clearance now is irregular, which is why garbage spills out of bins," said Rajeswari J of T Nagar.
The corporation says workers will come in small trucks and tricycles to collect garbage. "Each worker will dump the garbage collected into a common bin which we will clear," said an engineer in the solid waste management department.
The civic body plans to install six to seven garbage bins each in seven to eight places in every zone. A larger garbage collection vehicle will come once a day and empty the bins.
The civic body is also mulling options of introducing source segregation and alternative methods of garbage disposal. "People can start separating biodegradable and non-degradable items. We could collect non-degradable waste once a week, and other waste daily," said an official. Protests against dumping yards, seems to have finally got the corporation to consider other options.
"Once the garbage is segregated, we can think of other means, or at least reduce dumping in Kodangaiyur and Perungudi," said a corporation official. Activists and waste disposal experts found it promising. "It's a positive step that should have been taken 10 years ago, but we believe that segregation and decentralization of garbage should go hand in hand," said Swetha Narayan, an activist who has been campaigning against the Kodungaiyur dumping yard.
The initiative is mayor Saidai Duraisamy's pet project for a clean city. The project will be studied till the end of February, and if successful will be extended to three other wards and later to other zones.
Corporation officials say the contract with Ramky Enviro to clear the garbage in three of the city's 15 zones will not be disturbed by the project.
"Once we are sure of this initiative's success in many zones, we may probably request them to shift to this method," an official said.
Conservancy workers will collect the garbage from the households every morning. Residents have welcomed the move, provided the clearance is regular. "The worker should come regularly. The clearance now is irregular, which is why garbage spills out of bins," said Rajeswari J of T Nagar.
The corporation says workers will come in small trucks and tricycles to collect garbage. "Each worker will dump the garbage collected into a common bin which we will clear," said an engineer in the solid waste management department.
The civic body plans to install six to seven garbage bins each in seven to eight places in every zone. A larger garbage collection vehicle will come once a day and empty the bins.
The civic body is also mulling options of introducing source segregation and alternative methods of garbage disposal. "People can start separating biodegradable and non-degradable items. We could collect non-degradable waste once a week, and other waste daily," said an official. Protests against dumping yards, seems to have finally got the corporation to consider other options.
"Once the garbage is segregated, we can think of other means, or at least reduce dumping in Kodangaiyur and Perungudi," said a corporation official. Activists and waste disposal experts found it promising. "It's a positive step that should have been taken 10 years ago, but we believe that segregation and decentralization of garbage should go hand in hand," said Swetha Narayan, an activist who has been campaigning against the Kodungaiyur dumping yard.
The initiative is mayor Saidai Duraisamy's pet project for a clean city. The project will be studied till the end of February, and if successful will be extended to three other wards and later to other zones.
Corporation officials say the contract with Ramky Enviro to clear the garbage in three of the city's 15 zones will not be disturbed by the project.
"Once we are sure of this initiative's success in many zones, we may probably request them to shift to this method," an official said.
