Waste collection from the streets in certain pockets of the city is getting delayed for the past few days and employees in charge of waste collection are finding it difficult to stick to the schedule.
According to sources, the delay is due to the temporary closure of the transit station on Sathyamangalam Road and the diversion of waste-laden lorries to the two other transit stations in Peelamedu and Ukkadam.
The Sathy Road transit station has been closed after 16 metres of the premises was taken away to facilitate the construction of the flyover there. In the process, the ramp that helps lorries reach the waste collection box and weigh bridge were damaged.
The sources say that as the station had to be closed temporarily, lorries that were attached thereto had been diverted to the Peelamedu and Ukkadam stations, resulting in additional travel time, increased time in clearing the lorries in those two stations and more weight for processing. The Sathy Road transit station handled nearly 250 metric tonnes of waste a day from 45 lorries in two shifts of 125 each. The waste from there reached the Vellalore dump yard in closed, compacted bins.
The sources say that in places where the lorries did not reach the Peelamedu or Ukkadam transit stations also, the waste collection got delayed because the lorries directly went to the Vellalore yard. This was a temporary phenomenon which may last for around three months. Once the Sathy Road transit station had the ramp and weigh bridge rebuilt, it would be open for operation again, the sources add.
The Corporation collects close to 750 tonnes of waste a day, of which between 450 – 500 tonnes pass through the transit stations, where the waste collected from roads and dumped on lorries get compacted and transported to the Vellalore yard for processing.
Sathy Road transit station has been closed to facilitate
the construction
of flyover
