The Hindu 08.08.2012
Vallam to be model for solid waste management
Vallam town panchayat and Neelagirivatta panchayat near
Thanjavur will be made models for solid waste management said
N.Ramachandran, Vice-chancellor, Periyar Maniammai University, and
chairman, Clean Thanjavur Movement, here on Tuesday.
Presiding
over the executive committee meeting of Clean Thanjavur Movement,
Ramachandran said “Valam Kundra Vallam” is a project aimed at making the
town panchayat a model for solid waste management. In this project
Periyar Maniammai University, Ponnaiah Ramajayam Institute of Science
and Technology University, Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and
Research Academy (SASTRA) University, Marudupandiyar College, Swami
Vivekananda Group of Institutions, and Adaikamalamatha College are
involved.
Vallam town panchayat
consists of 15 wards and a population of 14,816. People will be given
coloured bins – green and yellow – to segregate wastes such as plastic,
iron, and glass on one bin and wastes that can be decomposed easily in
another bin.
Parasuraman, president of Neelagiri
panchayat, said plastics have been eradicated in the panchayat and solid
waste management techniques will be taught to people. Ramachandran said
other models should be created in Thanjavur.Accordingly wards 58 and 51 will be made models for solid waste management.
