Singapore, China to help manage waste
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A high-level team of the city corporation which visited the congested cities in China and Singapore to learn modern waste management procedures has returned home and is now working on the new modules related to garbage collection in Chennai.
China’s expertise in waste management will be incorporated in the city’s waste collection process and a detailed draft master plan will be submitted to the state government, a senior corporation official said.
Thirty-one firms, including foreign ventures, have bought tender applications to establish zero waste management centres in Kodungaiyur and Perungudi.
Most of the wastes generated in Asian countries are similar to that of Chennai.
Both the landfill sites and centres where incinerators are operated for effective management were studied during the visit and those initiatives can be followed in Chennai too, a senior official said.
Based on the foreign exposure, a master plan would be drafted and forwarded to TN government. The government will take a call regarding the draft and its implantation, the official added.
According to Ripon Building sources, the corporation had also approached the Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur collectorates seeking their intervention to identify barren lands.
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