Tiruppur Corporation to utilise web site in Iduvai village for short-term storage of strong waste

A web site in Iduvai village will probably be utilised by the Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation for short-term storage of strong waste, after fulfilment of the circumstances of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, in accordance with a directive of the Madras High Court.

The courtroom directive, delivered in response to a petition difficult dumping of wastes by the City Corporation in deserted quarries in Mudalipalayam and Nallur villages, requires the TNPCB to look at the suitability of a 17-acre space that the civic physique has recognized at a brief distance from the deserted quarries, for establishing a everlasting dumpyard.

Alongwith Iduvai village, the petitioner P. Velusamy had additionally recommended two different attainable places as landfill websites: Kovilvali village and Elavanthi-Kallipalayam village.

The standards is that the landfill web site ought to be 100 metres away from river, 200 metres away from pond, 200 metres away from freeway habitations, public parks and water provide wells, and 20 km away from airport/ airbase (after acquiring no-objection certificates from the civil aviation authority/ Air Force).

In the case of Kovilvali, there have been developed residential plots positioned within the neighborhood of the recognized location, and the closest habitation was at a distance of fifty metres. The identical was the case with the situation recognized in Elavanthi-Kallipalayam village.

As for Iduvai village, the presence of Other District Road and irrigation canal adjoining to the recognized location don’t fall below the prohibitions.

The City Corporation is learnt to have abided by the Court directive to safe clearance from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority.

The City Corporation has additionally accepted to instantly cease dumping unsegregated waste on the deserted quarry websites in Mudalipalayam and Nallur villages; successfully implement provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016; put together and submit short-term and long-term plans for efficient and scientific administration of strong waste inside one month; and prevail upon bulk turbines to offer onsite therapy system in order to cut back the load of dealing with of municipal strong waste.

The City Corporation had additionally accepted to take away the legacy leachate within the deserted quarries in Mudalipalayam and Nallur villages.