To enable safe disposal of solid waste in villages, solid waste management (SWM) will be implemented in 74 village panchayats in the district from May 1.
Now waste generated in many villages is dumped in open places leading to environmental degradation.
Hence the government has decided to implement SWM in 12,524 village panchayats in the State and 2,000 village panchayats have been selected for implementation in first phase that has a population of more than 10,000 people.
Priority
Also, priority was given for peri-urban panchayats, villages with tourist, pilgrim or industrial centres and also villages near national highways.
The process includes door-to-door collection of garbage, segregating the waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste.
The biodegradable waste would be dumped in pits and after it gets converted as manure it would be sold. The non-biodegradable waste would be dumped in sanitary landfill while the plastic materials would be sold. A worker, ‘Thuimai Kavalargal,’ would be selected for every 150 households apart from purchasing of tricycle for every 300 households. Officials said that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers are likely to be selected and they would be carrying out the work for 300 days a year at a wage of Rs. 183 a day.
All the gadgets, machines, identity card, uniform, and safety equipments would be provided to them.
Training for village panchayat presidents, members of village poverty reduction committee and self help group would be held on April 18 to explain about the project.
Thuimai Kavalargal to collect wastes from houses
They will be given all necessary equipment
