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Vellore will be made a model city in SWM

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 04:39 administrator
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The Hindu       17.08.2010

Vellore will be made a model city in SWM

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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.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 04:41
 

‘Turn city into model for waste management'

Monday, 09 August 2010 04:35 administrator
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The Hindu     09.08.2010

‘Turn city into model for waste management'

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COIMBATORE: Residents in various localities across the city should get totally involved in the Coimbatore Corporation's solid waste management programme. They should help the civic body in turning the city into a model in waste management, Mayor R. Venkatachalam said here on Saturday.

Initiatives

In an interaction with residents of Saibaba Colony, the Mayor listed the initiatives taken by the Corporation to turn the city litter-free and to establish a comprehensive disposal facility on the outskirts.

Reviewing the system of garbage removal in some model wards, the Mayor said segregation of waste and storing the biodegradable and the non-biodegradable in separate bins was the first of the essential steps towards making the programme successful.

Enough awareness must be generated across the city on all aspects of waste management, including what every individual had to play. “We told the residents to hand over the biodegradable waste every day. They can hand over the non-biodegradable waste once in two days,” he said.

There were plans to hold meetings with the residents of individual apartments on segregation and safe storage of waste, the Mayor said. Ward councillors, sanitary inspector, sanitary supervisors and the residential association office-bearers would take part in the meetings.

Last Updated on Monday, 09 August 2010 04:44
 

Waste management effective: corporation

Friday, 06 August 2010 05:02 administrator
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The Hindu       06.08.2010

Waste management effective: corporation

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Participatory Committees formed in 28 wards

Conservancy workers given training

Intensive awareness drive carried out

COIMBATORE: The Corporation's solid waste management is effective in the model wards where segregation of waste in houses and door-to-door collection were being done, according to Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra.

Conservancy workers had been provided training in sensitising the people to the need for segregation.

The training was also in effective door-to-door collection.

“We have no complaints from these areas,” the Commissioner said in order to assert that the primary collection model in these wards was successful.

While this formed the first phase of the implementation of the Rs.96-crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Project, the second was an intensive awareness drive across the city. The Corporation had roped in the Centre for Environment Education, a non-Governmental organisation, for this purpose.

As a first step, Ward Participatory Committees had been formed in 28 of the 72 Corporation wards in the city.

Consisting of the representatives from various fields and the ward councillor, these committees would oversee the implementation of the programme and ensure total involvement of every one in each ward.

After all the wards were covered under the campaign for the segregation and the storage of biodegradable waste and the non-biodegradable in separate bins, efforts would be made to teach people the process to convert the biodegradable waste to manure at home.

The Corporation would purchase 2.5 lakh pairs of additional bins, in addition to the 2.29 lakh pairs bought already.

Each house would be provided with one green bin to store biodegradable waste and a white bin for the non-biodegradable.

Earlier, the bins were distributed on the basis of the number of Property Tax assessments in the city. A fresh survey was done as the actual demand was more.

Now, the total requirement had been put at 4.5 lakh pairs.

Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 05:03
 
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