The city corporation has started work to make 22 micro composting centres (MCCs), which were lying defunct, operational following a recent direction from theNational Green Tribunalto do so within four weeks.
The chairperson of the state monitoring committee of the for solid Waste Management inTamil-nadu”>Tamil Nadu, to stop unloading of fresh daily waste at the Vellalore dump yard. Out of 34 MCCs in the city, only 12 are operational at present.
The commissioner, along with other officials, inspected a defunct MCC at Pullukadu. On opposition from people to setting up micro composting centres in residential areas, Pratap said theSupreme Courthad ordered that no one could move the court seeking closure of MCCs.