MADURAI: The Madurai Corporation has said that it has increased the efficiency of its garbage collection in the past one year, which has led to the daily collection of garbage increasing from 550 tonnes to 810 tonnes. However, plastic waste floating on waterbodies and thrown around the dumper bins continues to be a common sight.
Daily garbage collection has increased from 550 tonnes to 810 tonnes per day over the last year, which is a sign of more efficient collection, says the corporation’s social media page. It also said that wet waste collection done with the help of members of SHGs has also improved, as the daily collection, which had been about one to two tonnes per day in the past, has now increased to 70 to 80 tonnes. “This is being converted to manure in the micro composting centres in the wards. This also showed that people have been segregating waste at source, which would go a long way in making the city clean,” said city health officer Dr S Raja.
