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Tenders to be floated Bids to be called for waste management

K. Lakshmi

Waste management infrastructure works

CHENNAI : Ambattur may soon be relieved of its perennial problem of waste management as the local body plans to float tenders in a week to improve infrastructure at the Athipattu dumping yard and to build compost garbage sheds in various areas.

The Ambattur Municipality plans to call for bids on April 24 to build a compound wall, at an estimated cost of nearly Rs. 1.50 crore, around the dumping yard.

At present, the incineration of garbage at the yard poses health hazards, residents complain. Air and water pollution and stench are other problems faced by the residents.

The residents in association with voluntary organisations, however, staged a protest a month ago against the Municipality's proposal to construct the compound wall. They fear that the place would become a permanent garbage disposal site.

Ambattur Municipality Commissioner V. Chakrapani said work to improve infrastructure on the 10.45 acre Sekkadu composting yard would be carried out simultaneously. Tenders for constructing a compound wall and laying interior roads there would be floated by this month end, he told The Hindu .

At Athipattu, measures would be initiated to prevent incineration of garbage, he said.

Work, including those to dig borewell and lay pipeline, would be taken up in a week to douse fire.

Tenders would also be floated on April 23 to construct concrete structures in 14 places to segregate and compost the waste.

About Rs.3.25 lakh had been allotted to each of the 600 square feet structures in areas, including Padi, Oragadam and Mogappair. Municipality officials said the project would supply manure to farmers free of cost and reduce garbage dumped at Athipattu by about 10 tonnes.

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