A section of 12th Street, along the compound wall of St Antony’s Higher Secondary School in Tansi Nagar, Velachery, wears a new look. With waste pile-ups, it was earlier an eyesore. Now, it is clean and with potted plants, even pleasant to the eye. Tansi Nagar Residents Welfare Association effected this change.
M Balakrishnan, Association’s general secretary, narrates how it came about.
“For many years, at this spot in 12th Street, garbage would be strewn around the bins. We have made many oral complaints to Greater Chennai Corporation, seeking the removal of the bins as they had been placed near a school. But of no avail. When Urbaser Summet took up conservancy operations in Velachery in October, the garbage bins went, as door-to-door waste collection had been introduced at 12th Street. However, a good number of people continued to dump garbage in that spot. Hence, the conservancy services provider drew
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