The Hindu 04.03.2013
Kulithalai is first civic body to get City Sanitation Plan
Plan envisages efficient drinking water supply, waste management.
The municipality of Kulithalai has become the first
civic body in the State to get the mandatory City Sanitation Plan under
the National Urban Sanitation Policy.
The plan,
prepared by Exnora International with financial support from Water Aid,
was presented to the municipal council for its consideration and
approval.
The document delineates an integrated and
holistic action programme for the development of the municipality free
of flies and mosquitoes with adequate water supply, access to toilet
facilities for all, proper drainage and solid waste management system.
The
programme envisages proper handling and disposal of the full cycle of
civic garbage from source segregation to income generation through
resorting to bio-degradable and recyclable waste practices. The plan
intends to meet the civic sanitation needs of the town until 2040.
Exnora
International advisor V.Ganapathy formally handed over the plan
document to the chairman of Kulithalai municipality, Pallavi Raja, in
the presence of municipal commissioner Kalaimani, and detailed the
salient features of the purpose to the councillors and officials.
The
Union Ministry for Urban Development has mandated preparation of city
sanitation plan exclusively for each urban civic area for getting fund
or aid towards development activities in future. The State government
too has been encouraging the municipalities to adopt the best practices
for waste management and drinking water supply.
Mr.
Pallavi Raja said the council would study the plan document in detail
and would forward that with its observation and recommendations to the
State government for availing itself of any development oriented funding
in future.
He appreciated the efforts of Exnora
International and Water Aid besides lauding dedicated role of the
professionals who prepared the document meticulously. He hoped that the
plan would help in better civic waste management within the municipality
making it a pioneering effort in waste management technology.
Mr.
Ganapathy said the CSP had been prepared with the active participation
and cooperation of all the stakeholders and technicians in mapping the
details and data provided by the Centre for DEWATS Dissemination,
Bangalore.
Exnora programme officers K.
Mohanasundaram and Veliappan, explained the rating system of National
Urban Sanitation Policy and the councillors rated the current facilities
in the town as per the policy guidelines when they understood what the
document meant for their town and its future development.