As a move to prevent public from dumping garbage in the open, conservancy workers were involved in drawing rangoli at places where bins were earlier placed.
There are 60 wards in the corporation limits and workers were involved in door-to-door collection of garbage everyday. About 250 tonnes of garbage generated everyday were dumped at yards at Vendipalayam and Vairapalayam.
As part of implementing the solid waste management effectively, the corporation had decentralised the process of dumping the garbage at these yards and had established micro composing centres at 19 places in the city. About 80 to 90 tonnes garbage collected daily are organic waste and would be processed at these centres.
Initially, dustbins placed at various places at Ward 4, including Old Railway Station Road, Pattakarar Street, Nilgiris Road, Thangaperumal Street, Eswaran Street and near bus stand were removed. Workers drew rangoli with awareness message asking the public not to dump the garbage and keep the roads clean.
Officials said that since degradable and bio-degradable garbage are collected separately from households, dustbins in these areas were removed and rangoli drawn. They added that it would encourage the public not to dump garbage in the open and would pave way for effective implementation of solid waste management in the city. Centres were being constructed at Anna Nagar, Muthusamy Colony, Vendipalayam, Peelamedu and Cauvery Road where the organic waste would be converted into fertilizers. This would, in turn, reduce the dumping of garbage at Vendipalayam where bio-mining is in progress.