Chennai is believed to be a clean city, perhaps cleaner than metros like Mumbai, Delhi, and other cities and places like Bangalore, Punjab, Gujarat, and more.
But in reality, how clean is Chennai? Because, the cleanliness of a place just doesn’t depend on the amount of waste in sight, it also depends on how we get rid of this waste.
Adjacent to a dumpster in Thiruvanmiyur, the passersby could witness a rather alarming method of waste disposal recently. Burning.
The garbage is dumped on the roadside and burned, producing a horrifying stink and a shockingly hazardous residue. An ecological disaster, but convenient, nonetheless.
However, many local shopkeepers are aware of the problems burning wastes causes, and it is only the household wastes from the nearby buildings are burned. The shopkeepers take adequate care of their waste disposal methods.
The Chennai City Municipal Corporation must take steps to prevent the burning of waste, because it’s not just the cleanliness of the place that matters, its also the cleanliness of the air, water and soil.
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