The Hindu 01.11.2010
Sathyamangalam compost yard a role model: Zonal commissioner
Worthy of emulation: Buhril, zonal commissioner, Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation, inspecting the Kulithalai Municipality compost yard at Sathyamangalam on Friday. Collector J.Uma Maheswari is also seen.
KARUR: Expressing satisfaction over implementation of various government schemes in Karur, Buhril, zonal commissioner and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation, said here on Friday that officials should ensure that works are completed in time.
Mr.Buhril inspected the conversion of civic waste into vermicompost by the Kulithalai Municipality at its Sathyamangalam compost yard and said the method could be replicated elsewhere to enable local bodies that had secured landfills to convert waste into money.
The Principal Secretary ranked officer reviewed the progress of various schemes and urged officials to expedite the progress of infrastructure works to bring them to early use. .
Earlier, he conducted spot visits to inspect the works under Kalaignar Housing Scheme at Periya Manjuvali in Aravakurichi taluk, implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme under which desilting work was undertaken at the Kudaganaru left bank channel, construction of a bridge across a channel between Pungambadi and Aravakurichi, implementation of the combined water supply scheme at Chinthalavadi and progress of farming works under the Rajarajan 1000 system of rice intensification at Nadupatti near Kulithalai.
At Kulithalai Municipality's compost yard at Sathyamangalam, the Kulithalai municipal chairman A.Amuthavel and commissioner Dhanalakshmi briefed Mr.Buhril on the process of manufacturing vermicompost .
District Collector J.Uma Maheswari, project officer, District Rural Development Agency, S.Kavitha, Joint Director, Agriculture, S.Jagadeesan, and other officials accompanied Mr.Buhril during the visit.
