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Waste water plant to be set up

KULITHALAI: The Kulithalai Municipality is all set to seek a solution to its solid and water waste management woes.

Efforts are being taken to declare three wards in the municipality as zero waste wards on a pilot basis while a decentralised waste water treatment system is to be established at an estimated cost of Rs. 5 lakh in the middle of the town.

The treatment system would treat black water from the community toilet, a much-needed process, as the toilet was polluting the irrigation channel running nearby.

As part of the efforts, a training programme on solid waste management exclusively for the municipal staff including sanitary workers was conducted here.

Inaugurating the programme, Kulithalai Municipal Chairman A. Amudhavel said the civic body was poised to adhere to Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules and was considering measures to address the waste management problem.

The civic body sought the help of Exnora International, which agreed to assist the Municipality in clearing its garbage woes and initiated moves by organising the training programme.

It included case studies of towns and cities grappling with civic waste management, decomposting biodegradable waste, practical training and demonstration on wind row pile setup and aerobic composting.

The aim was to instill confidence among the conservancy staff that they could change the profile of the town by adopting better techniques, according to Exnora Project Coordinator T. Vijay Anand and Advisor V. Ganapathy.

About 30 sanitary workers benefited from the training programme.

The idea is to run the scheme on a pilot basis in three wards _ 22, 23 and 24 _ of the Municipality. They would be declared “zero waste wards” and later on it could be expanded to cover other wards as well, Mr. Amudhavel added.

The participants were helped to understand the need and importance of segregation at source, waste handling, transportation and decomposting. Documentaries were shown on waste management.

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