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Proposal submitted to privatise garbage collection

Monday, 04 March 2013 05:56 administrator
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The Hindu                           04.03.2013

Proposal submitted to privatise garbage collection

S. Ramesh 

Initially it will be implemented in 16 wards.  

The Erode Corporation has planned to privatise the garbage collection on a fast track. It has submitted a detailed proposal to the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration seeking approval for plan.

“We expect that the approval will be given within a month or two. The Commissionerate has sought a few clarifications and we have replied to them recently,” a senior official here said.

Once approved, the civic body would call for tenders and select an agency for implementing the door-to-door collection of waste quickly. “We want to handover the process to the private sector as quickly as possible because we face a serious shortage of conservancy workers in the town. The labour shortage has severely affected the garbage collection in many parts of the town,” the official added.

The civic body has planned to privatise the garbage collection in 16 wards initially.

It has selected four wards from each zone – wards 2, 3, 6 and 8 from Zone I, wards 17, 26, 28 and 30 from Zone II, wards 31, 32, 33 and 34 from Zone III and wards 46, 50, 55 and 56 from Zone IV. The town generates more than 150 tonnes of garbage, including a large amount of plastic and polythene waste, every day.

Residents and commercial establishments dump huge amount of the waste on streets as the civic body was not able to implement door-to-door waste collection in all the parts of the town due to labour shortage. The garbage on many parts remain uncollected on the streets for days together.

The rotting garbage on the streets pose serious health hazards to the people.

The mounting garbage also led to a sharp rise in the stray dog menace. The dogs feast on the garbage and spread terror in many neighbourhoods.

The civic officials hope that privatisation would help streamline the garbage collection and improve the sanitary conditions significantly. Garbage collection in other wards would also be privatised in a phased manner, officials here say.

The Corporation council has already given its nod for the privatisation of garbage collection.

Last Updated on Monday, 04 March 2013 06:00
 

Centre to extend 50 p.c. grant for modern slaughterhouse

Saturday, 02 March 2013 09:29 administrator
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The Hindu                       02.03.2013

Centre to extend 50 p.c. grant for modern slaughterhouse

Special Correspondent 

To be built by Tiruchi Corporation at Gandhi Market.

The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries will extend 50 per cent grant for establishing modern slaughterhouse for goats planned to be built by the Tiruchi Corporation at the Gandhi Market in the city.

The facility would replace the existing slaughterhouse that is in a dilapidated condition near the Gandhi Market. Work orders have already been issued for the work to be executed at a cost of Rs.1 crore with funds sanctioned under the Infrastructure Gap Filling Fund.

A modern slaughter house for cows has commissioned a few years back at the G.Corner ground in the city.

However, civic officials have been recently told by officials of the Union government that all new slaughter houses should meet the ISI specifications of the Bureau of Indian Standards and have a range of modern amenities.

Accordingly, the new slaughterhouse would have unloading ramps, holding pins, lairage, isolation pen for sick animals, blood collection system, modern tools for evisceration and skinning, refrigerated vans, computerised weighing machines, cold storage, lab, effluent treatment plant and power supply systems.

The Corporation has now decided to incorporate all the modern amenities required to get the Central assistance. It has also decided to get additional space for creating all the amenities by using the adjoining offices of the Junior Engineer and Sanitary Inspector situated on the East Boulevard Road.

Tenants at the offices, currently rented out, would be asked to vacate within three months.

Revised cost

The civic body, as per a proposal approved by the Corporation council recently, has also decided to utilise the space available at the bio-manure production unit and cold storage for fish, both of which are currently in disuse. Both the structures are to be demolished for creating the additional space required for the slaughterhouse.

The revised cost of the project is to be worked out soon, Corporation sources said.

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 March 2013 09:31
 

Total ban on stray pigs, horses in Trichy city

Thursday, 28 February 2013 12:02 administrator
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The Times of India                28.02.2013

Total ban on stray pigs, horses in Trichy city

TRICHY: The Trichy corporation has finally come out with a decision to completely ban stray pigs and horses and restricted the areas for rearing of other animals in its 65 wards limit from April 1 this year. Moreover, the corporation fixed an annual licence fee for rearing domestic animals. A resolution to this effect was passed at the council meeting here on Wednesday.

The complete ban on pigs and horses in all areas of the city limit was done for the first time after a lot of inconvenience was caused to the general public. However, the corporation allowed rearing of cows, goats and donkeys in some select areas in the four zones. Apart from the complete ban on pigs and horses in all places, the corporation banned the rearing of cows and goats in 15 wards in three zones Srirangam (three wards), K Abishekapuram (three wards) and Ponmalai (nine wards). However, there is no complete ban on cows and goats in Ariyamangalam.

Meanwhile, the corporation listed out the areas where the people are allowed to rear animals like cows and goats. The corporation allowed to rear donkeys in only two areas - Vannarapettai in ward no. 52 and Azhagiripuram in ward no. 4 in the city taking into consideration the washermen in those areas. As per the new rule, the owners should get an annual licence by paying Rs 500 each for cows and goats and Rs 200 for donkeys. The licensed animals will be tied a metal identification plate around their necks. However, the owners of such animals should keep vigil on their animals while they take them to streets.

The corporation also warned that if the banned animals are caught by the corporation staff, they will be auctioned.

It may be recalled that the corporation tabled an agenda in its January 30 council meeting to ban stray animals in restricted areas. However, the move was turned down by the council members citing no clarity. So, the corporation on Wednesday submitted a new set of regulations and the council passed the resolution.

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 February 2013 12:04
 
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