In the next few days the Coimbatore Corporation will ask owners of all commercial establishments to charges customers for providing them plastic carry bags. A meeting held by Corporation Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan held here on Monday decided to enforce the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules strictly.
The meeting decided to take steps to procure bins, and engage more persons on contract basis to manage solid wastes. The corporation would serve notices on shop owners to comply with the rules. Violators will face action.
Dr. Vijayakarthikeyan said that the corporation would undertake a cleaning drive across all the five zones to remove debris to the sewage farm at Ukkadam.
The civic body has asked builders to comply with the rules and dump debris only in Ukkadam. Action would be taken against those who dump debris at any other place.
The move comes close on the heels of the civic body deciding to declare the VOC Park — Nehru Stadium as litter-free zones. It would speak to vendors, and shopkeepers in the area, and would place more bins to collect wastes.
Yet another decision the corporation would implement was the reintroduction of the biometric attendance system, the Commissioner said.
He has instructed officials to repair faulty push carts, improve the poultry waste management system, and better source segregation of waste.
