A 1,150-strong workforce of sanitary employees has been engaged in a mammoth cleaning exercise since Monday to sweep up the waste generated on the day of Maha Deepam (Sunday) in Tiruvannamalai town.
About 70% of the 210 metric tonnes of waste generated on the auspicious day in the town, including the Girivalam path, have been removed, said official sources. Around 30% of it is made up of food waste, and the remaining includes coconut leaves, paper plates, cups and pet bottles.
Of the total sanitary employees, 330 workers are from the Tiruvannamalai municipality, while 360 of them are from the remaining 21 municipalities, including Ambur, Arcot, Arani, Arakkonam, Polur, Vandavasi, Vaniyambadi and Gudiyatham in the Vellore municipal region.
