The Hindu 23.04.2013
Soon, concrete roads in dumping yards
The Chennai Corporation will construct concrete roads
inside the Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumping yards at a cost of Rs.
10.59 crore.
The corporation council is likely to pass a resolution on the construction of these roads this month.
The
roads will facilitate dumping of garbage away from residential
neighbhourhoods near the dumping yards. Residents of the localities have
staged a number of protests seeking to draw attention to the fires and
pollution in the dumping yards. The Perungudi facility will have 2.5 km
of new concrete roads leading to three different sectors for systematic
dumping of waste.
“We have started source segregation and this new approach will solve existing problems to a certain extent,” said an official.
The
waste will not be dumped in a haphazard manner in Kodungaiyur too. Over
2.3 km of concrete roads in Kodungaiyur will be constructed.
The
corporation will also commence inter-carting mounds of waste now
located near the entrance to the Perungudi dumping yard. New waste will
then be dumped only in designated areas.
The
unplanned dumping of waste in Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dumping yards
has frequently caused problems, including fires and pollution.
The
civic body has already constructed temporary roads so that garbage can
be dumped in the interior of the yards. The new dumping area in
Kodungaiyur will be at least 1.5 km away from major residential
localities.