232 Tonnes Solid Waste Left In Thanjavur City

THANJAVUR: Post Deepavali, Thanjavur city corporation was bundled with 232 tonnes of solid wastes, nearly 82 tonnes more than the usual 150 tonnes of solid wastes per day in 51 wards. The crackers burst by people on Saturday and Sunday for Deepavali comprised the major chunk.

Corporation officials pressed 700 workers for removing the waste. The workers started cleaning from 4 am on Monday and continued till evening.

Officials said that 65 vehicles were used for the purpose. "A total of 232 tonnes of solid waste were removed," they said.

They cleaned all wards and bazaar streets like Gandhiji road, Anna road, South main street, east main street, old bus stand and south Alankam.