Unsegregated waste piles up as Chennai Corporation stops collection

Chennai | Thursday | 13th June, 2019

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The reason being Chennai Corporation, VIII Zonal officer issuing notice on Tuesday, asking the residents welfare association to make arrangements to segregate garbage at source for the removal and disposal. But they refused to heed the same,” said PS Santha Kumari, president, Sapthamalika Apartments Residents’ Welfare Association. “I was told to buy three bins, one for biodegradable waste, second for non-biodegradable waste, and third for domestic hazardous waste. We need some time.” The residents also charged that the Corporation, in general, didn’t spread awareness about segregation. Meanwhile, speaking to Express, Vijaya Kumar, Zonal Officer-VIII, Chennai Corporation, said, “We earlier issued two notices..