20190828 Tamil Nadu: Fire breaks out at dump yard at Nallur
India Aug 28 2019 “Other”
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Tamil Nadu: Fire breaks out at dump yard at Nallur
Updated: 2019–08–29
TIRUPUR: A major fire broke out at the dump yard at Nallur on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday morning.
Firemen toiled for more than 10 hours to put off the fire, but they could not completely douse it.
The corporation dumps 520 metric tonnes (MT) solid wastes in the unused stone quarry at Nallur. The six-acre dumpy yard would often catch fire and cause air pollution in the surrounding areas.
A senior fire department official said, “We have brought three fire tenders and the city corporation has provided water in tanker lorries. Around 25 firemen are on the field since 10am. We haven’t completely put off the fire as the area is huge. The work will continue tomorrow as well.”
N Shanmugasundaram, a resident of Nallur, said, “The fire was continuing for hours and it was causing air pollution. We took the issue with the corporation earlier. But the corporation did not take any step to prevent fire accidents.”
“The fire department has issued notice to the corporation to put a watchman at the yard and to ensure at least 5,000 litres of water is made readily available. But the civic body failed to do both,” a police officer said.
City corporation health officer K Boopathy said, “Since the dump yard was a private property and the corporation took it under lease agreement, it was causing delay in establishing concrete water tank. But we would put a watchman and ensure all other precautionary measures taken. We are constructing micro composite centres to segregate the wastes in microlevel, and once they come into existence, the garbage would not be dumped anywhere.”
A few weeks ago, another dump yard at Ammapalayam, utilized by Thirumuruganpoondi town panchayat, also caught fire. It took 12 hours for firemen to extinguish the fire.
An official from the town panchayat said, “We have taken the required measures to prevent fire in future. But we do not have any scheme to process non-biodegradable wastes. Once such scheme is implemented, dumping can be avoided.”
Web Source: The Times of India