Separate platform for Adyar dustbins

Chennai: Over 120 streets in Adyar will soon have a separate cement platform for garbage bins, clearing space for pedestrians to use the footpath. A fund  of Rs17.89  lakh has been  allocated for this. Councilor of division  175, Kokila Kanna, says, “The garbage bins have been so far  placed on the footpath and this was opposed by pedestrians. The wastes from the bins were also pulled out by stray dogs and strewn all over the pavement, troubling pedestrians.”

Now, separate platforms  for the plants will be constructed next to the pedestrians’ platforms and the  bins will be kept inside the platforms. This will prevent the bins being dragged from one placed to the other place unnecessarily by local people who do not want the bins  in front of  their houses, she adds. Chairperson of the Indira Nagar Women’s Association and resident of the 13th Cross street,  Vasantha Ganesan says, “People  have been dragging these bins to various places  and  there were incidents where these bins were dragged even to the middle of the road, making it difficult  for residents to take out four-wheelers from  their  houses. Such issues have been solved now and vehicles can now use the road properly.”
 

A fund of Rs 6.36 lakh has been allocated for the new platforms for garbage bin in Kasturba Nagar, Rs5.17  lakh for Gandhi Nagar  and Rs6.36 lakh for Indira  Nagar. An  official in the  local body says, “The initiative is being taken up in various streets in  Adyar  zone for the last two  months. It will  also  give a neat look  to streets.”