The Hindu 11.03.2011
Lalur: garbage to be cleared soon
Plan to reduce garbage reaching yard
The Thrissur Corporation will soon begin removing accumulated garbage from the Lalur dump yard.
A meeting of the implementation committee of the Lalur
Model Project for Solid Waste Management (LAMPS) has decided to clear
the garbage before the onset of monsoon.
The mounts of garbage would be dried. After removing the
plastics and hazardous materials, it would be used for filling
low-lying and marshy areas, according to corporation health standing
committee chairman C.S. Srinivasan.
The Sevanasree workers will be engaged in removing
plastics from the soil. In the initial phase, the filtered soil would be
used to fill the low-lying land owned by the corporation.
The corporation has also chalked out a plan to reduce the amount of garbage reaching the Lalur yard.
Vegetable waste from the Sakthan Thampuran Market would
be distributed as organic manure for farmers. A welfare committee would
be formed at the market to manage the plan. It would considerably reduce
the amount of garbage reaching Lalur, Mr. Srinivasan said.
Pathiyur Gopinath, chief coordinator of LAMPS, said that
legal and official hurdles ahead of the project were cleared and the
project would take off soon.
The regional waste processing centres are also getting ready.
Meanwhile, the Lalur Malineekarana Viruddha Samara
Samithi welcomed the decision to remove the garbage from the dump yard.
Samithi leader T.K. Vasu said that they would extend all possible help
for the Corporation.