Chennai: Waste Management

[vinodgopal]

on a related note, does Chennai have a particle accelerator like cyclotrons, Synchrotrons, colliders, pelletrons or fusion reactors like tokamaks etc...?

I heard there is a huge Shiva statue(in natarajar dancing posture) in the CERN and that suggests it is a huge destructive device.

Can these devices be used to convert wastes into some sort of useful products and by products?

[kongutamizhan]

Originally Posted by vinodgopal

like Robert De Niro in Taxi driver - "you talking to me!?!" (which is parodied in Dasavatharam)

okay formula change. E=MC^2 + the weak force + electromagnetic force + gravitational force + strong nuclear force + whatever possibility of a tachyon particle + higgs boson + Namita bosoms []+ neutrinos

okay sir, equation set right!

This adds to the uncertainty of your equation. We need a separate foolproof formula to determine this variable with reasonable accuracy.

[Pressi]

Originally Posted by vinodgopal

like Robert De Niro in Taxi driver - "you talking to me!?!" (which is parodied in Dasavatharam)

okay formula change. E=MC^2 + the weak force + electromagnetic force + gravitational force + strong nuclear force + whatever possibility of a tachyon particle + higgs boson + Namita bosoms []+ neutrinos

okay sir, equation set right!

The equation is too complex... you can neglect few from it...
By the common rules of approximation, "the weak force + electromagnetic force + gravitational force + strong nuclear force + whatever possibility of a tachyon particle + higgs boson etc " on our people are very negligible when compared to the force of "Namita bosoms", and so the equation can be rewritten as
E = MC^2+Namita bosoms force

[anekho]

Deposit your garbage the E-way!

Vijay Karthik Chennai, Dec 21 (PTI): Harried residents frustrated by mounting piles of uncleared garbage can now turn to a young couple's start up portal to get trash cleared from their homes... free of cost. The couple -- Jegan and Sujatha Jegan, both aged less than 30, started city-based online portal www.kuppathotti.com (trash can) offering services at customers' doorsteps, including collecting old house-hold junk--milk covers, old newspapers, plastics, iron and aluminium-- online. Jegan, employed in a top private IT firm, is the brain behind this concept and appointed his wife as Managing Director of the portal, started on November 11 this year. "We always wanted to do something innovative and after an indepth study, decided to launch this service after an extensive study," he told PTI. He claimed no proper solution in India exists for offering such services. Jegan and Sujatha, both MCA graduates, started the portal with their savings. Jegan, hailing from Radhapuram near Tirunelveli, visits each home which has requested their service, collects the garbage, pays customers on the spot and sends the trash to godowns owned by them at various parts of the city. "The main reason I go personally is to ask their feedback... As a pilot study, we are offering this service in places like Ashok Nagar, West Mambalam, Kodambakkam, Valasaravakkam and K K Nagar areas", he said, adding, it would be extended to other parts of the city as well. He said they have over 150 registered members. "Registering online is free and members can avail the service free of cost", he said and claimed it was a boon for families where both husband and wife are employed. (MORE) PTI VIJ APR BN

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[Mukkesh]

Originally Posted by vinodgopal

on a related note, does Chennai have a particle accelerator like cyclotrons, Synchrotrons, colliders, pelletrons or fusion reactors like tokamaks etc...?

Cyclotron manufacturing isot0pes for PET -CT (used for detection of spread of cancer) is available in Kamakshi memorial hospital, Pallikaranai

[vinodgopal]

Originally Posted by Mukkesh

Cyclotron manufacturing isot0pes for PET -CT (used for detection of spread of cancer) is available in Kamakshi memorial hospital, Pallikaranai

Positron emission tomography is still not in great shape in India. In US based cancer centers they use PET scans instead of CT scans along with something called IMRT ot intensity modulated radiation therapy which is much better than the normal daily radiation therapy.

My friend from Bangalore a few years ago was diagnosed with a cancer called lymphoma(a blood cancer that spreads through the lymph nodes) and he needed a PET scan but got only a CT scan. PET is more accurate but cannot be done to a diabetic patient. Also thats a therapeutic particle accelerator and not for science research and experiment.

[murlee]

Garbage overflow forces corpn think out of box

Do garbage bins on your street corner spill more garbage than they collect? Garbage strewn around could be a thing of the past if a project of the corporation works out . The corporation is doing a pilot project in ward 141 (parts of T Nagar), where it would collect garbage from households.

Conservancy workers will collect the garbage from the households every morning. Residents have welcomed the move, provided the clearance is regular. “The worker should come regularly. The clearance now is irregular, which is why garbage spills out of bins,” said Rajeswari J of T Nagar.

The corporation says workers will come in small trucks and tricycles to collect garbage. “Each worker will dump the garbage collected into a common bin which we will clear,” said an engineer in the solid waste management department. The civic body plans to install six to seven garbage bins each in seven to eight places in every zone. A larger garbage collection vehicle will come once a day and empty the bins.

The civic body is also mulling options of introducing source segregation and alternative methods of garbage disposal. “People can start separating biodegradable and non-degradable items. We could collect non-degradable waste once a week, and other waste daily,” said an official.

Protests against dumping yards, seems to have finally got the corporation to consider other options. “Once the garbage is segregated, we can think of other means, or at least reduce dumping in Kodangaiyur and Perungudi,” said a corporation official. Activists and waste disposal experts found it promising. “It’s a positive step that should have been taken 10 years ago, but we believe that segregation and decentralization of garbage should go hand in hand,” said Swetha Narayan, an activist who has been campaigning against the Kodungaiyur dumping yard.

The initiative is mayor Saidai Duraisamy’s pet project for a clean city. The project will be studied till the end of February, and if successful will be extended to three other wards and later to other zones.
Corporation officials say the contract with Ramky Enviro to clear the garbage in three of the city’s 15 zones will not be disturbed by the project. “Once we are sure of this initiative’s success in many zones, we may probably request them to shift to this method,” an official said.
Clearing stink

• Conservancy workers will collect the garbage directly from the households

• Each worker will dump the garbage collected into a common bin

• A larger garbage collection vehicle will come once a day and clear the bins
• Source segregation and alternative methods of disposal are also being looked into by the civic body

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[Mukkesh]

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PET CT s -a combination of PET and CT scan used for diagnostic purposes is available in Chennai in the following places- , Adyar Cancer Institute,Apollo Hospitals Teynampet,Bharat Scans Royapettah,Global Hospitals,HCG Anderson center PH Road. MIOT hospitals are installing one.

Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals has a baby cyclotronin Pallikaranai which supplies FDG(Fluoro de oxy glucose ) an isotope for imaging.

All these centers have come up over the last two -three years.

IMRT is a new addition to linear accelerators for precise tumor radiation.

[anekho]

Ramky ready with clean-up plan

CHENNAI: Chennai's new conservancy firm Ramky Enviro Limited will collect garbage from households and use mechanical sweepers in the three zones it will be taking care of. Every 300 houses in the three zones will be covered by a garbage collector on a tricycle who will empty three big bins a day. Garbage collectors will also segregate and transport garbage from houses to designated collection areas.

The conservancy agency on Friday submitted a microplan about its operations in the Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Adyar zones.

"We have submitted a detailed plan about the number of conservancy workers, vehicles and bins to be used," said Ram Mohan Rao, national head of Ramky Enviro (Municipal Solid Waste Management ). "We will adopt a door-to-door collection in the three zones to avoid garbage pile-up . The wards in these zones will also have conservancy operations at night."

Ramky will introduce mechanical sweepers capable of cleaning roads in wet and dry conditions. The agency is expected to begin work in select wards of Teynampet in the first week of January. "We assure you there would be no overflowing garbage in the zones we operate. The recruitment process is almost over," Rao said.

Sources in the corporation said they have suggested to Ramky to recruit some of the experienced workers from Neel Metal Fanalca, the firm whose contract is expiring this month-end . "We will study the micro report filed by Ramky and make necessary suggestions," said a senior corporation official. Ramky Enviro, a Hyderabadbased firm, was awarded the Rs 560-crore contract for collection , segregation and transportation of garbage in Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Adyar zones of the corporation for seven years.

The corporation will take up conservancy works in the rest of the 12 zones. On Thursday , the corporation council approved purchase of nine hydraulic excavators, 75 compactors , 35 mechanical sweepers and 2,807 compactor bins mainly for conservancy operations in the newly-added wards.

PLAN OF ACTION

Comparison between the existing and the new system

New Contractor: Ramky

Zones | Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Adyar Mode of cleaning | Mechanical and manual sweepers One person per 300 houses to collect garbage To undertake night conservancy operations Rate charged | 1,460 per tonne of garbage collected Experience | Operations in over 10 states and Singapore GPS system to track conservancy vehicle

Old Contractor: Neel Metal

Triplicane, Kodambakkam, Adyar, Pulianthope Only manual sweepers were employed No specific collector deployed Did not undertake night conservancy operations 738 per tonne of garbage collected No prior experience No support from technology

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[wlbkng]

Ramky Enviro idha clean panna enna kizhikaranganu paapom

1. Chindardripet MRTS station


2. On service road of Chennai bypass near Mugappair west


3. In and around Stanley hospital


4. Motilal St, T.Nagar


5. Burma Colony, Perungudi


6. Kasthuribai nagar


Source - http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle2737833.ece

[Leo_r]

Waste removal has come to standstill in many areas. I don't know why did they never insist on a overlap period during contract change over ?

Ramki says they will start only in March in all areas..Mr Saidai Duraisamy ,where are you? Pl ask your Councilors to go around and get something moving in their wards.

[wlbkng]

Where did they say March? News sources tell that they are about to start in phases starting from first week of January.

[kannan infratech]

Ramki's original contract starts from March only, I think.

But Neel Metal contract terminated wef 31-12-11.

So CoC may have requested Ramki to start early.

[Indian Sun]

Seriously, garbage collection has come to a standstill. It's just a plain eyesore now, but it may have serious health repercussions.

[kannan infratech]

Already started. May not be like epidemics.

A doctor friend practising in earlier Zone 10 (MYL & ADY) area has been receiving more patients with skin diseases apart from the normal winter related ones.

He suspects that the street dogs drag the garbage piling up in street corners and main roads and spread the menace to inner areas also.

Our street clean up team is not able to find a suitable place to dump the solid waste as all municipality / corporation facilities are overflowing.

Mayor has to act fast.

[Indian Sun]

Originally Posted by vinodgopal

on a related note, does Chennai have a particle accelerator like cyclotrons, Synchrotrons, colliders, pelletrons or fusion reactors like tokamaks etc...?

I heard there is a huge Shiva statue(in natarajar dancing posture) in the CERN and that suggests it is a huge destructive device.

Can these devices be used to convert wastes into some sort of useful products and by products?

Ya Chennai has several cyclotrons - cycle otraan http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayurkeshav/2465331062/

[Indian Sun]

Originally Posted by kannan infratech

Already started. May not be like epidemics.

A doctor friend practising in earlier Zone 10 (MYL & ADY) area has been receiving more patients with skin diseases apart from the normal winter related ones.

He suspects that the street dogs drag the garbage piling up in street corners and main roads and spread the menace to inner areas also.

Our street clean up team is not able to find a suitable place to dump the solid waste as all municipality / corporation facilities are overflowing.

Mayor has to act fast.

I saw an old woman on a bus yesterday, with some skin disease. I was hoping it wasn't contagious, because the bus was packed.

[anekho]

City lacks sanitation, says study

Chennai: In the belief that local councilor elections had provided a good opportunity for citizens' voices to be heard, Transparent Chennai conducted a ward-based, citizen-driven intervention that created information about the state of public sanitation, the walk ability in the pedestrian environment, and the extent and spatial concentration of surface garbage in Ward 176 of the City Corporation.

The study notes that only two of the 11 public toilets in the area under study were deemed useful by the public. In certain areas like Urur Kuppam, toilets damaged in the 2004 Tsunami have never been reconstructed or repaired.

Posh areas of the city, including Shastri Nagar, Adyar DD Road, Ramasamy Garden and Besant Avenue, were identified as areas lacking basic sanitation facilities. Lack of proper lighting facilities was identified as one of the major problems affecting the use of public sanitation facilities.

In the study of walk ability and usability of footpaths for pedestrians, only three of the 20 roads in the area met more than 70 per cent of the parameters. First Avenue Road in Ward 176 was considered as the worst road in terms of safety, according to the study.

The ward fared equally poor in waste management practices. For instance, more than 40 of the 111 dumpsters kept in the ward were damaged and rendered unusable. Forty-six roads in the ward did not have any dumpsters, the study revealed.

"Besant Nagar Seventh Avenue, which is a long road, desperately needs the attention of civic authorities due to the presence of nine small, 17 medium and 12 large trash sites," says Sidharth Hande of Transparent Chennai. "Ramasamy Avenue, which is a small road, is also in need of attention due to the presence of two small, four medium, 10 large trash areas and seven trash areas of influence."

Transparent Chennai conducted the study in association with the Ethiraj College, Madras Christian College, and Centre for Environmental Education, Institute of Transportation and Development Policy, Rotaract Club of Madras, Concern Awareness and Responsibility for the Environment, Reclaim Our Beaches and The Madras School of Social Work.

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[ceeznic pirate]

Originally Posted by Indian Sun

Ya Chennai has several cyclotrons - cycle otraan http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayurkeshav/2465331062/

[murlee]

Corporation’s plan to generate electricity from waste is unviable, say experts

The Chennai Corporation's plan to generate electricity from garbage has been slammed by environmentalists and waste management experts. In a bid to tackle the growing garbage mounds at dumping yards in Kodangaiyur and Perungudi, the corporation had passed a resolution at its first council meeting saying non-recyclable waste would be burnt to generate power.

While the civic body feels that it will help reduce the garbage in the city, experts said that the corporation had not even begun the process of segregating the waste let alone produce power from it.

According to the resolution, the civic body plans to dispose biodegradable and recyclable waste to the industries concerned. It will only burn the rejected waste. It has decided to rope in international companies dealing with the 'electricity from waste' technology. "We have to still formulate the plan and details. We will float tenders inviting companies with this technology from across the world, and soon have a clearer picture. The waste will be incinerated and combusted and it will produce energy," said corporation commissioner PWC Davidar.



The two dumping yards together receive about 3,600 tonnes of garbage a day, which has reportedly gone up by about 1,000 tonnes after the corporation limits were extended earlier this year.

Environmentalists opposed the move saying incinerator technology had already been banned across America and Europe. It also failed in Pune, Delhi, Vijaywada and Chandigarh, mainly because waste generated in the country is not high in calorific value. "In Pune, the plant is not working and even caught fire once. The Bangalore plant has not taken off yet. We are importing defunct western technology," says Nalini Shekhar of Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat ( KKPKP), an NGO of waste pickers based in Pune.

While waste management experts admit that segregating the waste is a viable system, they say the technology will not work with just non recyclable waste. "It needs waste that can burn. Biodegradable waste products will not burn. So, you have to add plastic and paper, which if burnt will definitely emit dioxins or carcinogens that can cause cancer," says Dharmesh Shah, member, Gaia (Global Anti Incinerator Alliance). He says, "It's only a stop-gap method that will costs hundreds of crores of money, which the government could use for sustainable methods."

They say the government should look into only sustainable methods such as recycling and composting. "Even most of the European companies are moving to composting. Almost 85% of waste can be converted into biogas and the non-degradable products like paper, glass and metal can be recycled or reused," says Nalini.

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