The Hindu 13.12.2010
New trucks to improve waste management
Staff Reporter
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has armed itself with 11 trucks to improve solid waste collection and management.
A release from the civic body said it had also bought 500 bins of 660 litres each. The two together cost Rs. 2.17 crore. Seven of the 11 trucks were purchased under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and the rest with funds from the Twelfth Finance Commission grant.
Flagging off the trucks, Mayor R. Venkatachalam sought people's cooperation by asking them to dump garbage only in bins and not elsewhere. And, thereby, strengthen the civic body's efforts to keep roads free of litter.
