RWAs of Kodungaiyur Chennai wants State Govt to Shift Dumpyard
Vigilant Citizens Welfare Association says Tondiarpet zone, in which Kodungaiyur falls, generates only 320 tonnes of garbage a day, but 4,000 tonnes of waste from seven zones is disposed here. Though the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) marked the area for a government institute, it was turned into a dumpyard 16 years after the residential colonies were formed.
CMDA approved layouts near the dumpsites in 1971, such as Mahakavi Bharathi Nagar, Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar, Raja Rathinam Nagar, the Directorate of Town and Country Planning approved colonies such as Krishnamurthy Nagar, Vivekananda Nagar, Ezhil Nagar, Parvathy Nagar, Eveready Colony, Thiruvalluvar Nagar. An air sample tested at Columbia Analytical Services in Simi Valley in California during 2006 detected the presence of nine chemicals.
The constant burning of garbage poses serious health hazards to the local community. The state has to shift the yard permanently. Residents’ welfare associations to seek the intervention of the state government in shifting the yard to a no man’s zone to safeguard six lakh people in north Chennai.
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