Nearly 80% of residents near Kodungaiyur incinerator report health issues: survey

Over 79.8% of the surveyed residents surviving adjacent the incinerator works of the waste-to-energy (WtE) task astatine the Kodungaiyur dump gait reported adverse wellness symptoms, according to a assemblage wellness survey conducted connected February 16 and 17, accidental residents’ associations.

The Federation of North Chennai Residents’ Welfare Associations and the Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai submitted a petition to Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner G.S. Sameeran connected Thursday, demanding the imperishable closure of the incinerator plant.

The survey, which was conducted successful 415 households crossed 8 neighbourhoods wrong a two-kilometre radius of the 50 Metric Tonnes Per Day (MTPD) facility, documented terrible socio-economic disruptions.

A full of 93.4% of the respondents attributed their illnesses to the facility’s smoke. While each of them observed fume from the plant, 91.6% reported that their groundwater was visibly degraded oregon undrinkable.

The survey besides revealed that 53% of the households faced disruptions to children’s education, and 45.5% reported predominant enactment absences. More than fractional of each the surveyed households reported health, educational, and economical burdens.

The associations reiterated their demands for the cancellation of the different projected incinerator projects — including a 2,100 TPD installation successful Kodungaiyur, a 1,500 TPD works successful Tambaram, and a projected installation successful Coimbatore.

The federation requested the civic assemblage to instrumentality their ‘Green Chennai Initiative’ connection for coagulated discarded management. It besides demanded broad interaction assessments and aesculapian remedies for the affected communities.