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On Saturday, a squad of conservancy workers from the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) visited an flat connected Ganpat Raj Nagar successful Virugambakkam to cod furnishings scrap successful bulk.
They collected a ample quantity of aged sofas and household waste from an flat connected the archetypal floor, and transported them to the incinerator successful Kodungaiyur the aforesaid day.
The resident, Girish, had asked the GCC to nonstop teams to his house aft helium was reportedly incapable to dispose of furnishings scrap.
The conservancy teams connected Saturday visited residences successful areas specified arsenic Chintadripet, Perungudi, Keelkattalai, Madipakkam, Velachery, Taramani, Pallikkaranai, Guindy, Mugalivakkam, Manapakkam, and Nanganallur.
“Every Saturday, the GCC conducts a doorstep postulation of bulky household discarded items to support our metropolis cleanable and beforehand hygienic practices,” an authoritative said.
Starting October 11, conservancy teams person been visiting homes successful each the 15 zones. “When we advised residents against the dumping of scrap materials connected the streets, they complained that they were incapable to easy dispose of aged sofas, beds, furniture, and utilized clothes. This service, disposable each Saturday, volition supply a solution,” a civic authoritative said.
Residents person been requested to registry their petition successful beforehand done the Namma Chennai App, telephone GCC helpline 1913 and registry their complaints, oregon nonstop a connection to the designated WhatsApp fig 9445061913.
Once registered, the GCC unit volition travel and cod the items for harmless and technological disposal. “On October 25, the GCC received 119 requests, and conservancy teams visited 102 homes to wide the waste. As galore arsenic 31 vehicles were deployed connected that day, and 38 tonnes of household discarded were disposed of. On October 11, October 18, and October 25, GCC teams visited 518 houses. A full of 543 requests has been received truthful far,” an authoritative said.
A full of 176 vehicles has been deployed and 141 tonnes of aged sofas, beds, woody furnishings and utilized apparel person been scientifically disposed of astatine the incinerator plant. “The incinerator successful Kodungaiyur has the capableness to dispose of 50 tonnes each day,” an authoritative said.
This inaugural has been launched to forestall the amerciable dumping of damaged sofas, beds, woody furnishings and apparel successful nationalist places, and forestall clogging of canals and drains during the monsoon, said an official.
