The Hindu 04.02.2014
Major waste management project launched in 30 Wards in Tirupur
The Tirupur Corporation administration launched a solid
waste management project under a public-private partnership mode in 30
Wards on Sunday.
As part of the scheme, Srinivas
Waste Management Services (P) Limited would collect the garbage at the
primary and secondary levels from Wards 16 to 45 and transport the same
to the disposal place operated by the corporation near Velliyangadu.
Four
sophisticated compactor-fitted trucks of 14 cubic metre capacity, eight
compactor-fitted trucks of 8 cubic metre capacity, 10 tipper auto
rickshaws, 800 compactor bins, push carts, and a drain cleaning crane,
among few other appliances, would be used for the collection and
transportation of the garbage.
Tirupur Mayor
Visalakshi Appukutty said that the movement of these vehicles would be
monitored directly from the Corporation Commissioner’s office through
general packet radio service (GPRS)-enabled technology.
Officials
added that the corporation would incur Rs. 10 crore per annum as
operational expenses towards the implementation of the project.
A
total of 781 sanitary workers were employed by the private operator for
the successful execution of the project and their daily attendances
would be registered using face detection gadgets. Minister for Forests
M.S.M. Anandan inaugurated the project at a function held at MM.S.
Nagarin. Officials and elected representatives were present.
