Bringing an end to tiresome garbage collection through push carts and tricycles, civic workers in village panchayats, including those around the girivalam path in Tiruvannamalai, were given battery-run carts on Wednesday.
In the first phase of the initiative, which was mandated by the Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department, 60 e-carts were given to sanitary workers at the Block Development Office (BDO) in Tiruvannamalai town. Another 28 e-vehicles will be given to workers in the coming weeks. Collector B. Murugesh launched the initiative.
The initiative is part of an effort to improve the eco-friendliness of the process as well as increase the dignity of the garbage collectors. “As Tiruvannamalai is a dry region, daily garbage collection is challenging for sanitary workers, who are mostly women. Such e-carts will help them do the work easily and more frequently whenever needed,” S. Arunachalam,BDO, told The Hindu.
