Corporation removes 100 tonnes extra trash

CHENNAI: The City Corporation  authorities have removed more than 100 tonnes of extra garbage accumulated during the Pongal holidays, especially on Kaanum Pongal Day. According to official sources, during the last three days, approximately 62 tonnes of garbage was  removed from Elliot’s Beach, Besant Nagar, while about 48 tonnes of waste was cleared from Marina beach area.It may be noted that the civic body removes about 10 tonnes of garbage from these areas on other days. While the figure was 250 tonnes last year,  the amount of garbage collected has considerably reduced to about 100 tonnes during the 2012 Pongal holidays. In 2010, the civic body collected about 100 tonnes of garbage during the same period.To overcome the criticism of being lethargic in removing trash after Pongal holidays in the previous years, the civic body, this year, swiftly deployed its men and machinery at those areas - beaches and important parks in the city, and cleared more than 50 per cent of the garbage before dawn. “Given Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s standing instruction to keep the Corporation area clean of garbage, we deployed more men and machines this Pongal season and made the difference at these spots,” said an official.