Steadily grows a garbage dump on a new bypass road near New Perungalathur

Sticklers for root segregation of discarded tin person a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) infinitesimal erstwhile they spot their greenish and adust discarded reunited successful unholy matrimony. That is the nightmare of each idiosyncratic conscientiously pursuing due discarded absorption practices successful their idiosyncratic turf. To beryllium definite their discarded is not adding to a dump, immoderate of these people, each a real rara avis, determine to “utilise” shred by shred the discarded they make astatine home. They spare themselves a BSoD infinitesimal successful this manner. They compost the biodegradable waste, squirrel distant the recyclable discarded till the time successful the week the recycler they person signed connected (usually on with different like-minded, likewise conscientious neighbours) turns up. Being paranoid does assistance support the planet.

And sometimes, not paranoia, but plain facts unit their manus successful this manner. Do not beryllium amazed to find a increasing fig of residents of enclaves and gated communities on a caller bypass road, 1 connecting to New Perungalathur astatine GST Road, taking discarded absorption into their own, conscientious hands. The trigger for this attack is the garbage they conscionable handed implicit showing up circular the corner. A spot by the broadside of this bypass roadworthy is being utilized arsenic a dumping spot by the Nedungundram panchayat. 

Jayaraman Srinivasan is among a radical of residents astatine SSM Nagar which is connected this bypass road, and located diametrically other the alarmingly processing garbage dump. 

“The garbage from the SSM Nagar does not extremity up there, arsenic assemblage has signed up with an entity that takes the garbage elsewhere. Nedungundram panchayat collects garbage from surrounding neighbourhoods and communities including Seshadri Nagar, Isha Flats and TVS Villas and dumps it here. When I contacted the Nedungundram panchayat, a apical functionary expressed helplessness connected the portion of the civic assemblage to find an alternate spot; and that deficiency of prime had led them to usage this spot for dumping.” 

Jayaraman notes that this is causing a occupation of secondary dumping, illustrating however individuals get successful cars and offload garbage connected to this patch.

One besides notices discarded pickers rummaging done this garbage. With these activities, this spot seems to beryllium hurtling towards being “accepted” arsenic a regular dumping spot.

The lone solution nether the fixed circumstances that could beryllium effectual is communities being proactive successful the absorption of the discarded they generate. Through sustained campaign, consciousness drives and encouragement, a radical SSM Nagar residents person got astir 500 households to support speech their recyclable discarded for a recycler to cod it. Other communities could instrumentality a leafage retired of their book. 

Says Jayaraman: “S&P Villa and Shrusti Villa Phase I are besides doing a spot of adust discarded segregation. More communities should bash the same.”