Mountains of trash cleared for green park at Chennai's Red Hills lake

Chennai | Wednesday | 14th August, 2019

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OMJASVIN M D ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: Garbage piled up for over 30 years on the banks of Red Hills lake has finally been cleared to make way for a green park. 50 lakh is set to establish the park in two months' time, said Panchayat officials. The space outside the lake was a huge garbage mountain with more than 10,000 tonnes of plastic and bio waste. Park facilitiesAccording to officials, the park will have walkways, playground equipment such as swings, merry-go-round, and slides. ‘‘Now that the park is coming up, we can hope the area will be a bit secure once the park is functional,’’ he said..