Over the years, the amount of waste generated per person has increased from 500 gms to 680 gms. The city as a whole is generating around 5700 tonnes of waste which is piling like a mountain.
GCC Commissioner Dr.J.Radhakrishnan, IAS.
On May 24, the Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner, Dr.J.Radhakrishnan, visited the Perungudi dumpyard and reviewed the work undergoing at the site. He urged the public to segregate waste at home so that our city can become a ‘Zero-waste’ city soon. “Over the years, the amount of waste generated per person has increased from 500 gms to 680 gms. The city as a whole is generating around 5700 tonnes of waste which is piling like a mountain,” he said and explained about the various efforts being taken by the Corporation in waste management.
He said that in the year 2000, approximately 2500 MT of waste was generated and now the city is generating 3200 MT of wet waste and 2500 MT of dry waste. He added that the Corporation has undertaken bio-mining of legacy waste and after the waste is cleared the area would be made into parks.
“While efforts are on to clear legacy waste, it is essential that we do not generate new waste and let it mount. Thus each household must segregate waste into wet and dry. Once segregated, the wet waste can be used to generate CNG gas at the Chetpet and Madhavaram units. Five more units are also planned to manage wet waste,” he said. He also urged the citizens to dispose of waste (including construction debris) responsibly and not dump them in the various canals of the city.
He urged the bulk generators also to dispose of their waste according to the regulations applicable to them. He has asked the Corporation officials to impose a penalty on bulk generators who are disposing of the waste in the common bins.
RRR centres at Corporation Zonal Offices
As a run-up to the World Environment Day, the Greater Chennai Corporation along with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0) is organising a ‘My Life, My Clean City’ campaign, with the aim of Reduce, Recycle and Reuse (RRR). As part of the campaign, residents can deposit used and unused clothes, books, toys, footwear and plastics at their nearest Corporation Zonal offices, where RRR centres have been set up. The campaign will be held till June 5 from 7 am to 1 pm across all the Zones of GCC. Residents who are unable to commute and deposit the items at the RRR centres can hand it over to the Urbaser BOV operator of the morning shift.
