IN TRICHIRAPALLI C

body begins mass        

                  cleaning in four wards

 

        

              

 

 

The Tiruchi City Corporation on Thursday kicked off a mass cleaning drive to clean up solid waste dumped in public places. Four wards within the city limits have been identified, where the mass cleaning will be enforced.The Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply, K.N. Nehru had instructed the officials of the civic body to conduct a cleaning drive at some road corners and junctions of arterial roads in ward number 57, 58, 59, and 60. The people residing in these wards had met the Minister and expressed their grievances about waste management and garbage collection in the area. He instructed the officials to organise a one-time mass cleaning, including the removal of debris, construction waste, desilting of stormwater drains, and clearance of garbage from empty plots and public areas.”We have diverted staff from other wards to ensure that the work is done in the four wards within a couple of days,” S. Sivasubramanian, Corporation Commissioner, said.The public will also be instructed to ensure clean surroundings and avoiding public dumping of wasteDuring the cleanliness drive, sanitary workers will also instruct residents to refrain from dumping the waste in public spaces, and instead hand it over to the garbage collectors who will visit their homes every day,” he said.

            And More than the trichirapalli

 Trichy Corporation

takes up drive to d

drainages

 

Tiruchi Corporation is pushing ahead with a drive to clear silt accumulation from major drainages across the four zones in the city as a step towards ensuring quick draining of rainwater during the monsoon.The drive has been taken up under the instructions of Minister for Municipal Administration K.N.Nehru. Silt has been cleared from 10,083 metres of drainage canals in various parts of the city, Corporation Commissioner S.Sivasubramanian said in a statement. Providing details of the works taken up in the city, Mr. Sivasubramanian said 30 drainage canals for a length of 2,870 metres had been desilted in K.Abishekapuram zone. In Srirangam zone, silt was removed from 755 metres in 11 drainages. In Golden Rock zone, 16 drainages had been covered so far for a total length of 3,920 metres. In Ariyamangalam zone, silt accumulation had been removed from 23 drainages covering a total length of 2,538 metres.Mr. Sivasubramanian said special teams headed by officers in the rank of assistant commissioners had been formed to plan and supervise desilting operations streetwise in the city. The officers were reviewing the works on a daily basis and all projects would be completed ahead of monsoon. In is trichy.

 

By : G Gnana Priya dharshini