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`Solution to garbage problem soon'

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Collector visits yard to assess situation; says best option will be taken up

SORDID SITUATION: Collector Neeraj Mittal (second right) inspects the Coimbatore Corporation's compost yard in Vellalore on Friday . Managing Trustee of Siruthuli Vanitha Mohan (right) looks on. - Photo: M. Periasamy

COIMBATORE: Efforts will be made to find a lasting solution to problems arising out of accumulating garbage at the Corporation's compost yard in Vellalore, District Collector Neeraj Mittal said on Friday.

After visiting the yard to study the situation, Mr. Mittal told The Hindu that there was a serious problem at the yard and a scientific approach should be adopted to solve it. "Basically, we visited the yard to assess the scale of the problem. Now on, steps will have to be initiated to find a solution," he said.

Mr. Mittal sounded optimistic of a lasting solution. He said the district administration would sit with various agencies concerned, including the Corporation, to study the options available for safe disposal of waste.

"There are many possible solutions. But the best option will have to be worked out after studying each of them and discussions with all concerned. And, the one that is best suited to solve the problem and appropriate for the people living around the yard will be taken up," he said.

The burning of garbage and the health problems caused by the smoke from the dumps were discussed during the review meeting held by the Minister for Local Administration M.K. Stalin.

Members of the Kurichi-Vellalore Pollution Prevention Action Committee said they met the Collector at the yard and suggested that the compost yard be shifted to some other place with no human habitation around.

Stating that the residents in colonies around the yard had endured the problem for the last four years, secretary of the committee K.S. Mohan said the yard could be shifted to Orattukuppai where a biomedical waste disposal site had been established.

The Managing Trustee of Siruthuli Vanita Mohan said only decentralised composting could solve the problem. Mr. Mohan said a meeting of elected representatives in Kurichi Municipality and Vellalore panchayat would be held on Sunday to discuss the problem and resolve to demand the shifting of the yard. "We would also stress decentralised composting," he said.

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