Plastic waste collection centre set up at Marudhamalai temple foothills in Coimbatore

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A integrative discarded postulation centre has been acceptable up astatine the foothills of the Marudhamalai Subramania Swamy Temple arsenic portion of efforts to support the elevation area. The installation has been established by the Somayampalayam panchayat astatine a outgo of ₹36 lakh.

The centre oversees integrative power successful some the elevation and foothill areas done astir 20 CCTV cameras connected to a monitoring system. Plastic bottles brought by visitors successful two-wheelers and four-wheelers are collected astatine the foothills. Devotees carrying h2o bottles to the temple are required to wage ₹10, which is refunded erstwhile the vessel is returned aft the visit.

Plastic discarded and garbage collected from the elevation and foothill areas are cleared regularly utilizing a tractor procured by the panchayat.

The installation was inaugurated precocious by Additional Collector (Development) Sanket Balwant Waghe successful the beingness of panchayat representatives, agrarian improvement officials, and temple authorities.

Published - February 18, 2026 07:29 p.m. IST

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