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Comprehensive scheme to clean capital city

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Oct. 2. The City Corporation has launched a comprehensive scheme to make the city litter-free in a phased manner. An intensive cleaning drive was launched by the Mayor, J. Chandra, at Chennilode today.

The programme will be implemented in the 20 health circles covering all the 81 wards. The litter-free zone programme, which was implemented on the Kowdiyar-East Fort stretch, will be extended to12 major roads within the next few days and to five wards by mid-November.

All cleaning programmes are being implemented at the behest of the ward councillors with the cooperation of residents' associations, neighbourhood groups, Kudumbashree and voluntary organisations like the Environment Development Initiative Thiruvananthapuram, the Health standing committee member, Attipra Asokan, said.

The intensive cleaning programme will conclude on October 8. Well before the launch of the cleaning programme, squads formed by the councillors conducted a door-to-door campaign to ensure public participation. In addition to the volunteers, the Corporation has deployed five casual labourers for each ward as part of the programme. Hand-fogging machines have been pressed into service and fogging will be done for 45 minutes in mosquito-infested areas. Wheelbarrows, bleaching powder, pushcarts and hand sprayers have also been provided to the volunteers, Mr. Asokan said.

Drains in all the wards are being cleaned on a war footing. The Corporation will provide vehicles to lift the refuse removed from the drains on request from the councillors or associations concerned, Mr. Asokan said.

Primary meetings involving representatives of various organisations, to launch the litter-free zone programme in Tirumala, Pangode, Mudavanmugal, Poojapura and Chengalloor wards, have been completed. A public awareness programme will be launched before implementing the programme, he said.

Garbage bins will be set up in public places to check littering. Waste bins will be provided in all houses and the Corporation would make arrangements to collect the waste from each door. The waste will be taken to the bio-fertilizer plant at Vilappilsala for processing, he said.

The success of the entire project depends on the functioning of the plant.

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