The Hindu 20.01.2011
Rally taken out to highlight solid waste management
It is the second of eight rallies planned to be conducted over the next two years
In unison: Students participating in the solid waste management
awareness rally organised by Coimbatore Corporation in the city on
Wednesday. – Photo: M. Periasamy
The Coimbatore Corporation and Centre for Environment Education (CEE),
Coimbatore, on Wednesday organised a rally to create awareness on solid
waste management.
Mayor R. Venkatachalam flagged off the rally in the presence of Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, councillors and officials.
Around 400 Corporation school students marched from the
Coimbatore Corporation’s ward office near Power House to the Siddhapudur
school.
Students of classes nine and Plus One carried placards
and raised slogans on waste segregation, said T. Priscilla, Project
Co-ordinator, CEE.
Organisation
She said CEE was a Ministry of Environment and Forest organisation engaged in creating awareness on solid waste management.
The rally was the second of the eight rallies the organisation had planned to conduct over the next two years.
Ms. Priscilla also said that an awareness programme on
solid waste management would be conducted for sanitary supervisors and
inspectors in the civic body.
