City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 8 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
8.4.6 Issues in Solid Waste Management Sector
The land fill is only an open site where there is no systematic dumping or Scientific
method of waste disposal.
Compost Yard ñ Bethalegam( Not operating)
There has no scope for transfer station due to non ñ availability of open land.
Lack of Safety suits - Injurious to the health of the sanitation workers and reduces the
productivity of the manpower.
Un-authorised solid wastes are dumped in the open storm water drain and palar river.
8.4.7 Proposal
At present, municipality has temporary solutions or proposals like buying vehicles,
extend the compost yard area. For horizon year, the needs of the solid waste
management proposal are discuss in the Chapter10.
8.5 STREET LIGHTING
8.5.1 Status of Street Lighting
The Municipality is expected to provide lighting facilities in all the streets and other
public places like parks, public tanks, markets, bus stands, etc., situated within the
Municipal area. To provide this facility the Municipality has got a lighting account
ear - marked for provision and maintenance of street lights.
There are a total of 2,090 lights that light up the town. Out of which , there are 1,785
Tube Lights of 40 W, 50 Sodium Vapour Lamps of 70 Watts, 175 Sodium Vapour
Lamps of 150 Watts and 80 Sodium Vapour Lamps of 250 Watts.
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