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A full of 160.83 tonnes of coagulated discarded was removed from the formation stretches nether the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) betwixt January 14 and January 16 during the Pongal festival period.
Marina Beach saw the largest stock of discarded removed, with 116.17 tonnes cleared implicit the 3 days. Besant Nagar recorded 20.97 tonnes, Thiruvanmiyur 9.02 tonnes, Palavakkam 6.96 tonnes, Neelankarai 4.34 tonnes and Thiruvottiyur 3.37 tonnes.
According to a property release, sanitation workers and mechanised instrumentality are deployed regular connected a rotational ground astatine Marina, Besant Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Palavakkam, Neelangarai, Akkarai and Tiruvottiyur beaches to support cleanliness. In presumption of accrued nationalist footfall during the festival, further workers and machines were deployed from January 14 to transportation retired intensified cleaning operations, the merchandise said.
Dumping of waste, including integrative discarded and nutrient leftovers, successful formation areas is prohibited, and visitors and tourists indispensable dispose of discarded lone successful designated bins, and cooperate with sanitation efforts by GCC.
Bhogi
As overmuch arsenic 154.17 tonnes of unused materials were collected from the nationalist crossed the metropolis betwixt January 12 and 14 arsenic portion of Bhogi festival-related measures to forestall unfastened burning of discarded and biology pollution. Items specified arsenic aged clothes, tyres, rubber tubes, plastic, insubstantial waste, cardboard, wood waste, metallic scrap and physics discarded were collected by sanitation workers, portion nationalist consciousness messages were disseminated done loudspeakers mounted connected battery-operated three-wheelers.
In this drive, Tiruvottiyur recorded the highest postulation of unused materials, with 25.43 tonnes collected betwixt January 12 and January 14, followed by Madhavaram with 24.89 tonnes. Adyar reported 14.16 tonnes, portion Manali accounted for 11.72 tonnes, and Anna Nagar 11.82 tonnes. Ambattur recorded the slightest postulation astatine 0.50 tonne. Tondiarpet reported 1.23 tonnes, and Kodambakkam 1.96 tonnes, according to the property release.
Household bulk waste
Bulk waste, including aged household items, was besides collected and disposed of separately. On January 17, discarded weighing 46.94 tonnes was collected from 94 locations and transported to the Kodungaiyur incineration facility, wherever it was scientifically processed, the merchandise added.
A play bulk discarded postulation work has been successful cognition since October 11, 2025. Under the scheme, aged sofas, mattresses, woody furnishings and apparel are collected from residents each Saturday, based connected anterior intimation. So far, 707.50 tonnes of bulk discarded person been collected from 1,861 persons implicit 15 Saturdays. The merchandise added that residents tin registry for the work done the “Namma Chennai” mobile application, by calling 1913, oregon by sending details to the designated WhatsApp number.
