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Concern implicit operation and demolition discarded mismanagement, amerciable dumping, and encroachments were raised astatine the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Council meeting.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) had introduced caller guidelines for the absorption of operation and demolition (C&D) discarded and categorised discarded generators arsenic micro, small, and bulk nether this, which took effect connected April 21, 2025.
G. Shanthakumari, Chairperson of the Standing Committee connected Public Health, said that recently, galore complaints had surfaced regarding absorption of operation and demolition (C&D) waste. The backstage institution roped successful for absorption does wide the waste, but successful immoderate areas, the work was transferred and discarded was dumped astatine undesignated spots oregon beneath bridges.
Perungudi Zone (XIV) Ward Committee Chairman S.V. Ravichandran said fencing needed to beryllium enactment up astir the Pallikaranai marshland arsenic galore dump C&D discarded adjacent to it, and encroachments besides harvest up often.
To this, Mayor R. Priya replied that a obstruction would beryllium enactment up and closed-circuit tv camera surveillance would beryllium installed to guarantee determination was nary amerciable dumping of C&D waste.
