The Hindu 22.04.2014
Solid waste management programme
Officials at the meeting on solid waste management in Theni on Tuesday.— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN
Solid waste management programme will be implemented in
all the 130 village panchayats in the district in order to ensure safe
disposal of solid waste at villages and clean environment, according to
Collector N. Venkatachalam.
Addressing a meeting on
solid waste management organised by the District Rural Development
Agency here on Tuesday, he said the State government planned to
implement solid waste management programme in 2,000 panchayats that had a
population of more than 10,000 people each in the first phase. The main
aim of the programme was to recycle and reuse biodegradable and
non-biodegradable waste and dispose them of safely without polluting the
environment.
While biodegradable waste would be
converted into organic manure and sold to farmers, non-biodegradable
waste would be separated and reused and plastic materials sold for
recycling. A sanitary worker, known as Green Guard, would be selected
for every 150 households at the villages. The DRDA would offer tricycles
to collect waste, machines for cleaning, processing and recycling
waste, other safety equipment, gadgets, uniform, gloves, cap and
identity cards to workers, he added. Special training would be imparted
to village panchayat presidents, members of village poverty reduction
committees and self-help groups in this regard shortly. Already town
panchayats in the district had been implementing solid waste management
effectively.
The government decided to implement the system in 12,524 village panchayats in the State in a phased manner.
