Tiruppur Corporation to instal CCTV cameras at 40 bin points

Tiruppur Corporation will shortly instal CCTV cameras at 40 bin locations across the 60 wards, in the first phase, to keep a constant tab on those discarding wastes in the open on the streets, as a pilot project.

The CCTV footage will be utilised for imposing fines on those indulging in unsafe disposal of the solid wastes. Gradually, the number of CCTV cameras will be increased, Corporation Commissioner M.P. Amith said.

Manual monitoring of waste disposal by the public with the existing strength of four sanitary officers and 20 sanitary inspectors has not been effective.

Alongside the installation of CCTV cameras, the campaign on segregation of wastes at source at the level of households will be accelerated with the help of school and college students, Mr. Amith said. The Corporation has, in recent months, come under severe criticism for disposing unsegregated wastes in abandoned quarries in the surrounding villages.

In a related developmentt, the assertion by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) that solid waste from dump site is specifically excluded from the applicability of ‘Environmental Protection (Management of Contaminated Sites) Rules 2025, has caused dismay among farmers in Mudhalipalayam and Nallur.

In a reply to a query posed by Mr. Velusamy, farmer, the TNPCB said that while Rule 2 (1) (d) provides a general exclusion for solid waste dump sites, Rule 2(2) expressly overrides this exclusion and states: “if the contamination of a site is due to a contaminant mixed with … solid waste from dump site, and if the contamination exceeds, the specified response levels, then remediation of the site would be covered.”

The TNPCB should reconsider the matter and initiate action strictly in accordance with Rule 2 (2), he said. The statuary process for recognition, assessment and declaration of the Mudhalipalayam-Nallur quarry site as a contaminated zone should be initiated, Mr. Velusamy emphasised.