The Chennai Corporation will prepare a modified micro
plan of action for improving garbage clearance in old city limits of
North Chennai, where conservancy operations are not privatised.

The
plan will be implemented in zones of Tondiarpet, Royapuram,
Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar and Anna Nagar. The measures will help the civic body
cope with the challenges to garbage clearance in the congested areas
till the proposal for gradual privatisation of conservancy operations is
implemented.

Conservancy operations in zones such as
Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Adyar and parts of Ambattur have already been
privatised. Chennai Corporation has sought privatisation of conservancy
operations in all 15 zones.

The modified micro plan
is likely to include the detailed plan of action at the street-level for
collection, segregation and transportation of municipal solid waste.
The plan would also cover the time of commencement of conservancy
operations on a street, conservancy workers and equipment involved.

A
modified plan of action, including the identification of areas in the
four zones where conservancy operation has to be strengthened at night,
is likely to be chalked out by the civic body. Councillors of many of
the wards in such areas said that the officials were reluctant to take
action against Corporation drivers who fail to do their conservancy duty
properly.

Srinivasan, a resident of Railway Station
Road in Villivakkam, stressed the need for the daily transfer of garbage
generated in bins. “The tricycles have started collecting the waste at
home, but the waste remains in the bins nearby because of delay in
transfer by compactors,” he said. Dhanasingh, a resident of Periamet,
said that some of the tricycles were damaged and needed to be replaced.