In an effort to improve the efficiency of solid waste management, the Tiruchi City Corporation has acquired 40 more light motor vehicles.
A sum to the tune of ₹2 crore has been spent for acquiring the vehicles with the financial assistance of Swachch Bharat Mission-2016-17.
Minister for Tourism Vellamandi N. Natarajan flagged off the vehicles in the presence of Minister for Backward Classes and Minority Welfare, S. Valarmathi at a function held at the Corporation here on Sunday.
Mr. Natarajan said the vehicles would bring positive results in solid waste management in the city.
The residents have a greater role in improving the efficiency of solid waste management.
The residents’ welfare associations, civic activists, commercial establishments and educational institutions should extend cooperation with the civic body in maintaining the city neat and clean.
N. Ravichandran, Corporation Commissioner cum Special Officer, said that the new vehicles would be allotted to the micro compost yards in different parts of the city to enable collection of bio-degradable and non-degradable waste from the households to the nearby yards.
It was estimated that the vehicles would collect garbage from at least 60,000 households in the city per day.
About 126 metric tonne of garbage would be collected daily.
He said the scheme being implemented by the Corporation on collecting non-degradable waste on every Wednesday had received good patronage among the residents, commercial establishments, hotels, restaurants and others. The new vehicles would improve the scheme further.
