COIMBATORE: Inspired through newspaper reviews, residents of Ramalinga Colony near Bharathi Park here took ownership of the cast waste control of their space.
Professionals and retired govt staff in the space were bored to death with the stench emanating from the rubbish containers located in the streets in front in their properties. The state of the park used to be even worse. Roads were not wiped clean up ceaselessly.
Vijaya Raghavan, secretary of the Ramalinga Colony Welfare Association, and Krishnamurthy, a retired school headmaster, read about waste segregation in newspapers. They contacted some professionals and realised that it used to be not a herculean job.
"There are about 150 houses in our area. The garbage bins were always overflowing due to which there was stray dog menace. The stench from the streets was becoming unbearable," said Krishnamurthy.
The residents began the initiative through cleaning the park and removing the weeds on the roadsides.
Then, they approached R Raveendran, secretary of the Resident Awareness Association of Coimbatore, and Suresh Bhandai of the Clean Cities Foundation to coach them on supply segregation.
The residents went door-to-door and taught every family member how waste used to be segregated. They even held workshops on methods to organize waste at house. Slowly, when residents in the space began segregating the waste, sanitary employees were informed. Truck drivers of the company were also informed.
"Sanitary workers come every day and pick up the dry waste alone. This way, they easily earn some good money every month. The truck drivers come on Thursday night every week to collect garden waste and other waste from the road," said Krishnamurthy.
The containers in the space disappeared final week. The residents have begun tree planting drives in the streets. Now, in addition they plan to arrange a compost web site on one of the vital reserve sites located in the space.
"Currently, volunteers come and collect biodegradable waste from us every day. But if we set up a compost site inside the colony, we can use the compost for the garden. We do not want to send any waste to landfills," said a resident.
However, the residents did face their set of challenges. "There were some senior citizens who had some issues with this. Also, a few residents were against the removal of bins from the roads. But when all residents united, the concept was understood and received acceptance. We also promised to help the senior citizens in the area," said a resident.
Corporation commissioner Okay Vijayakarthikeyan favored the paintings of the residents and said that he used to be glad that supply segregation has turned into a other people's motion. "If more residents come forward and adopt this model, the city will not need any landfills," he said.
Professionals and retired govt staff in the space were bored to death with the stench emanating from the rubbish containers located in the streets in front in their properties. The state of the park used to be even worse. Roads were not wiped clean up ceaselessly.
Vijaya Raghavan, secretary of the Ramalinga Colony Welfare Association, and Krishnamurthy, a retired school headmaster, read about waste segregation in newspapers. They contacted some professionals and realised that it used to be not a herculean job.
"There are about 150 houses in our area. The garbage bins were always overflowing due to which there was stray dog menace. The stench from the streets was becoming unbearable," said Krishnamurthy.
The residents began the initiative through cleaning the park and removing the weeds on the roadsides.
Then, they approached R Raveendran, secretary of the Resident Awareness Association of Coimbatore, and Suresh Bhandai of the Clean Cities Foundation to coach them on supply segregation.
The residents went door-to-door and taught every family member how waste used to be segregated. They even held workshops on methods to organize waste at house. Slowly, when residents in the space began segregating the waste, sanitary employees were informed. Truck drivers of the company were also informed.
"Sanitary workers come every day and pick up the dry waste alone. This way, they easily earn some good money every month. The truck drivers come on Thursday night every week to collect garden waste and other waste from the road," said Krishnamurthy.
The containers in the space disappeared final week. The residents have begun tree planting drives in the streets. Now, in addition they plan to arrange a compost web site on one of the vital reserve sites located in the space.
"Currently, volunteers come and collect biodegradable waste from us every day. But if we set up a compost site inside the colony, we can use the compost for the garden. We do not want to send any waste to landfills," said a resident.
However, the residents did face their set of challenges. "There were some senior citizens who had some issues with this. Also, a few residents were against the removal of bins from the roads. But when all residents united, the concept was understood and received acceptance. We also promised to help the senior citizens in the area," said a resident.
Corporation commissioner Okay Vijayakarthikeyan favored the paintings of the residents and said that he used to be glad that supply segregation has turned into a other people's motion. "If more residents come forward and adopt this model, the city will not need any landfills," he said.
Source segregation of waste becomes people’s movement in Coimbatore’s Ramalinga Colony
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January 21, 2018
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