The Tiruppur City Corporation is utilising the services of more than 25,000 school students for stepping up awareness on garbage segregation at source.
The students are being imparted training on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for waste segregation under wet, dry and hazardous categories by the Corporation’s Health Department and mandated with the task of disseminating the knowledge to their families and neighbourhood.
They are also trained to create awareness on hazards of plastic wastes, and prevail upon the residents to use cloth bags for packaging purpose.
The student undertaking the task are designated as ‘cleanliness ambassadors’, according to the City Corporation authorities.
The City Corporation is also into the task of monitoring the Garbage Vulnerable Points (GVP) to prevent littering after clean-up drives.
Installation of green net, beautifying the surface with rangoli patterns, and raising flower plants and trees at the GVP sites along the roadsides are some of the measures taken by the Corporation under the ‘People’s Movement for Clean City’.
Earlier this week, the officials of the City Corporation and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board carried out surprise checks on commercial units utilising single-use plastic materials and confiscated about 2.5 tonnes of the banned materials. A fine of ₹4.8 lakh was imposed.
The confiscated materials were taken to the Regain-Reprocess unit at Pongupalayam, converted into pellets and diverted to cement industries.
The City Corporation is also getting ready to transport the garbage accumulated along the roadsides to a 25-acre permanent dumping site it has identified in Nerupperichal.
The City Corporation had, in the past, utilised an abandoned quarry site for dumping garbage.
The locals have raised the demand for a health impact survey and medical screening to determine the impact of the dumping.
