The Hindu 17.08.2010
Vellore will be made a model city in SWM
Special Correspondent
| A major project will be implemented to make the city free from garbage and plastics |
VELLORE: A major solid waste management (SWM) project will be implemented in Vellore in order to make it free from garbage and plastics, and Vellore will be made a model city in the whole country in the SWM, according to C. Rajendran, Collector.
Inaugurating a rally on ‘Science for Sanitation’ organised by the Dhanabagyam Krishnaswamy Mudaliar (DKM) College for Women at the Vellore Corporation office here on Thursday, the Collector said that people were getting diseases such as swine flu because of unhygienic habits such as throwing the garbage into the road and other public places, and stagnation of drainage water and its overflowing into the road. Plastics were liberally used in the name of modernisation. Maintenance of cleanliness and health is vital for the development of the country.
Therefore, the district administration and the Vellore Corporation would implement a major SWM project for Vellore with the help of institutions such as the Christian Medical College and the VIT University, he said.
The Collector distributed a cash prize of Rs. 2,000 and four books to student Sivasankari and her team for the display of an exhibit on treatment of tannery effluents, and a cash prize of Rs.1,500 to student Sukanya and her team for her exhibit on removal of chromium in tannery effluents and the use of the treated water for irrigation, at the exhibition on the topic of ‘Science for Sanitation’ held at the college campus last week.
‘Computer to conquer the world, sanitation to conquer diseases’, and ‘non-violence necessary for freedom, cleanliness necessary for home’ were some of the slogans in the placards carried by the students who participated in the rally, which started from and returned to the Corporation office after passing through Old Bus Stand and Mundy Street. The students of the DKM College for Women, Government Higher Secondary School (HSS), Kaniyambadi, Government HSS, Velappadi, Sri Venkateswara HSS, Voorhees HSS, Don Bosco HSS and St. Mary’s Girls HSS participated in the rally.
P. Karthikeyan, Mayor of Vellore, C. Gnanasekaran, Vellore MLA, B. Krishnamoorthy, Registrar of Thiruvalluvar University, D. Maninathan, Secretary of the DKM College for Women, T.A. Mohammed Sadique, Deputy Mayor of Vellore, Devakumar, Corporation Engineer, Govindan, Corporation Health Officer and G. Sundar, Headmaster, Government Higher Secondary School, Kaniyambadi spoke. K. Revathi, College Principal welcomed the gathering.
