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Omjasvin M D ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: Waste segregation in the city has come to a halt as all the corporation's segregation and composting centres in 162 locations have been closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. “Currently, whatever waste is collected by sanitary workers directly goes to the landfills. Once the lockdown is over, the corporation would soon begin composting waste as usual,’’ said a corporation official with the SWM department. Additionally, since all the corporation parks are closed, the mulch pits to compost garden waste too have not been functioning. “We request all citizens to segregate waste before giving it to sanitary workers..