Chitlapakkam resident P Viswanathan hates the sight of the only freshwater body in his neighbourhood because as a substitute of fresh water it is filled with garbage.
Chitlapakkam, a 2.95sqkm the city panchayat positioned in the southern suburbs, has for years had a problem with the trash it generates. The predominantly residential locality can not care for the 15 tonnes of waste it generates daily and the local administration simply dumps it by the Chitlapakkam lake.
This apply has exposed Chitlapakkam to a new disaster: It has run out of space to dump. But the problem isn't unique to Chitlapakkam. Smaller city local bodies dotting the southern barriers of Chennai are all operating wanting space to dump their trash. “At least an acre of land is needed to dump the waste generated by a neighbourhood with 10,000 residents. There is not any open land to be had. We have advised the local bodies to compost and recycle waste to the utmost conceivable extent to cut back the input amount at landfills,” said S Santhakumar, assistant director of the city panchayats, Kancheepuram.
So, what is the resolution? Push the trash nearer to Chennai. On June 11, the Kancheepuram collector wrote to the Pallavaram municipality asking it to obtain Chitlapakkam’s daily trash. The facility that might obtain the surplus waste is located by the Thoraipakkam-Pallavaram 200 Feet Radial Road.
Pallavaram municipality officials instructed TOI that they had their very own concerns to believe. “We are processing the request. We received a similar request from Peerkankaranai the city panchayat not too long ago but turned it down. Our garbage facility is taking in waste in far more than 300 tonnes daily. Accommodating Chitlapakkam’s waste would mean stretching our assets,” said a Pallavaram municipality legit.
A municipality supply instructed TOI that since the process request comes from the collectorate, Pallavaram would don't have any selection but to simply accept.
“We must divert trash to Perungudi landfill which is only a few kilometres down the radial road. Some portion will be taken to Vengadamangalam waste processing facility close to Tambaram,” the supply said.
Incidentally, Pallavaram receives a portion of waste generated in Pammal, Sembakkam and Anakaputhur municipalities.
Officials in the directorate of the city panchayats instructed TOI that shortage of land to be used as dumpsites used to be on account of a holdup in dispensing land at Keerapakkam because of a legal dispute.
“The villagers in Keerapakkam opposed the plan but now the hurdles are cleared. We will dump on a 20-acre piece of land,” said K Manokaran, assistant executive engineer for the city panchayats in Kancheepuram district.
Chitlapakkam, a 2.95sqkm the city panchayat positioned in the southern suburbs, has for years had a problem with the trash it generates. The predominantly residential locality can not care for the 15 tonnes of waste it generates daily and the local administration simply dumps it by the Chitlapakkam lake.
This apply has exposed Chitlapakkam to a new disaster: It has run out of space to dump. But the problem isn't unique to Chitlapakkam. Smaller city local bodies dotting the southern barriers of Chennai are all operating wanting space to dump their trash. “At least an acre of land is needed to dump the waste generated by a neighbourhood with 10,000 residents. There is not any open land to be had. We have advised the local bodies to compost and recycle waste to the utmost conceivable extent to cut back the input amount at landfills,” said S Santhakumar, assistant director of the city panchayats, Kancheepuram.
So, what is the resolution? Push the trash nearer to Chennai. On June 11, the Kancheepuram collector wrote to the Pallavaram municipality asking it to obtain Chitlapakkam’s daily trash. The facility that might obtain the surplus waste is located by the Thoraipakkam-Pallavaram 200 Feet Radial Road.
Pallavaram municipality officials instructed TOI that they had their very own concerns to believe. “We are processing the request. We received a similar request from Peerkankaranai the city panchayat not too long ago but turned it down. Our garbage facility is taking in waste in far more than 300 tonnes daily. Accommodating Chitlapakkam’s waste would mean stretching our assets,” said a Pallavaram municipality legit.
A municipality supply instructed TOI that since the process request comes from the collectorate, Pallavaram would don't have any selection but to simply accept.
“We must divert trash to Perungudi landfill which is only a few kilometres down the radial road. Some portion will be taken to Vengadamangalam waste processing facility close to Tambaram,” the supply said.
Incidentally, Pallavaram receives a portion of waste generated in Pammal, Sembakkam and Anakaputhur municipalities.
Officials in the directorate of the city panchayats instructed TOI that shortage of land to be used as dumpsites used to be on account of a holdup in dispensing land at Keerapakkam because of a legal dispute.
“The villagers in Keerapakkam opposed the plan but now the hurdles are cleared. We will dump on a 20-acre piece of land,” said K Manokaran, assistant executive engineer for the city panchayats in Kancheepuram district.
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