GCC begins challenge to put in trash booms throughout canals in Tondiarpet

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has rolled out an initiative to put in 311 metres of trash booms at eight main canal junctions within the Tondiarpet Zone, to intercept floating waste earlier than it travels downstream to affix main waterbodies.

The booms might be fastened at Vysarpadi Canal, Jawahar Canal, at two factors within the northern a part of Buckingham Canal, and at factors close to TVK Link Road, MGR Nagar, under the IOCL Bridge, and close to Bharathi Nagar, in line with the Storm Water Drain Department of the GCC. 

Each increase unit will float with at the very least 80 cm of its construction above water. Officials mentioned its elements had been comprised of corrosion-resistant supplies, corresponding to handled aluminum or galvanised metal, so there may be little probability of structural degradation on account of rust or water injury.

An official added: “The booms might be held in place with anchors roughly three metres from the financial institution. They’re constructed to remain in place even when water ranges rise. In case of heavy rain or flood, the setup permits one finish to be launched, in order that extra water can circulation via with out piling up particles.”

According to the officers, the booms are a part of flood-mitigation efforts, and have been put in in canals linked to rivers such because the Cooum, Adyar, and Kosasthalaiyar.

Earlier, the GCC put in trash booms on the Kodungaiyur Canal in North Chennai, which helped take away a number of tonnes of accrued waste.

They are additionally being arrange in main canals, together with Mambalam, Captain Cotton, Virugambakkam, and Red Hills.