The Hindu 24.03.2017
Sewage let into water bodies
A tanker lorry operated by Tirupur Corporation discharging sewage and
other liquid refuses into Mannarai irrigation tank.R. VIMAL KUMAR
The lorries are supposed to dump it at treatment plant at Periyapalayam
The corporation authorities who are bound to take steps to protect
the health of citizens could be seen setting wrong examples by way of
indiscriminate discharge of sewage and other liquid refuses collected
from different parts of the city into various water bodies.
According
to City Health Officer K. Boopathy, the sewage and other liquid refuses
collected through the corporation tanker lorries should be taken to the
treatment plant set up at Periyapalayam.
But corporation-operated
lorries could be seen dumping sewage into River Noyyal and irrigation
tanks resulting in protests from citizens.
On World Water Day,
this reporter caught on camera a corporation-operated lorry letting out
sewage into Mannarai irrigation tank. When the driver and another person
who travelled on the vehicle saw photographs being taken, they
immediately sped away the vehicle.
Discharge
of sewage into the Mannarai tank, and nearby water bodies had evoked
strong protests from residents in the area on previous occasions.
A corporation official said that the administration had never given any instructions to dump sewage in public places.
Action sought
N.
Shanmugasundaram, president of Nallur Consumer Welfare Association,
said that the corporation should then take action against errant lorry
drivers immediately if senior officials were not responsible for the
sewage discharge into water bodies.