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Collector, Salem & Ors) dated 06.01.2020

3. The second respondent Salem Corporation seems to have decided to establish 12 Nos. of Micro Composting Centers at Salem Municipal Area for the disposal of the solid wastes and converting it into manure for the purpose of agriculture. In this regard, they already established three such centers. Out of the three, one centre is located in a burial ground area viz., Kakkayan Burial Ground in Ward No.12, Salem Corporation. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the respondent Municipal Corporation has not followed the norms and there has been haphazard dumping of the solid wastes, which has not been processed properly in the centre, thereby it is causing pollution, especially air pollution, and that is the reason why the petitioner has come up with this Public Interest Litigation with the aforesaid prayer.

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Collector, Salem & Ors) dated 06.01.2020 "7. I respectfully submit that based on the SWM Rules 2016, the Salem Corporation decide to create 12 Micro Composting Centers in 9 locations and 3 of them are constructed here at Kakkayankadu. All the Micro Composting Centers are after fulfilling the above SWM Rules. In respect of the writ petitioner alleged Micro Compost Center functioning in Kakkayan Burial Ground in Ward 12, Salem Corporation, there are no Anganwadi Centers or schools located near the Micro Compost Centre as stated by the petitioner. The nearest school namely Saint Paul Matriculation School is located at a radial distance of 450m. And the Anganwadi centre is located at a radial distance of 250m from this Micro Compost Centre. According to the orders passed by the Hon'ble National Green Tribunal on 14.07.2017 in Original Application No.44 of 2013 (SZ), the minimum distance to be maintained between a dumping yard and habitations is 200m. In Periappa Nagar Residential Welfare Association vs. The District Collector, Dindigul District Case. Salem City Municipal Corporation has constructed the above 3 centres for Processing Bio degradable organic waste and converting them scientifically into manure and it is functioning for the past one year without any health nuisance to the local habitations. The Corporation Sanitary Workers every day morning are collecting solid waste in segregated manner at the door step. The Bio-degradable waste like food waste, vegetable waste, tea dust, egg shell et., are segragated and brought to Micro Compost Centre. The Non-biodegradable waste that is recyclable and non-recyclable waste are sent to recycling and dumping/cement factories for incineration respectively. The Biodegradable waste once again segregated in the conveyer belt for any plastic and other non degradable waste present. The bio degradable waste is shredded in the shredding machine and converted into small particles. The enriched micro organism solution was mixedwith shredded biodegradable waste for converting them into manure in 21 days. The mixed biodegradable waste are stored in cubicles, once in 4 days it was stirred for http://www.judis.nic.in  W.P.No.27394 of 2019 (P.Rajagopal -Vs- The Dist.

Collector, Salem & Ors) dated 06.01.2020 aerobic decomposition. The moisture content was evoporated after 21 days the volume also gradually reduced we will get only 15% volume of manure from original biodegradable waste. The leachate formed in the masonry cubicles are collected in a designated sump through closed pipes and it is reused in the cubicles as catalyst to the composting of shredded waste. The recycle waste also sold to the vendors by the sanitary workers. It will be incentive for them. The transportation cost was reduced. If segregation and processing is not done in scientific manner, the waste will be dumped in some other place and will pollute the soil and water of that area at the dump site. This process involves no heating or burning and hence no objectionable odour or fumes produced. Hence this method is not causing any health hazards or nuisance to the public residing in the surroundings as well as students. There is no practice of dumping of solid waste in the burial ground and Salem City Municipal Corporation ha snot appointed any private company to handle the micro compost centres as stated by the petitioner. It is very clear that the petitioner is unaware of the scientific process being adopted by Salem City Municipal Corporation in this centre to processing bio degradable organic waste into manure which can be utilized for agricultural purposes. All the operations involved in this process being handled by the staffs of Salem City Municipal Corporation and the Salem Corporation have not appointed any company to handle these centres as stated by the petitioner. In Salem City, the Government, Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes made the agreement with Ramky Agency for their disposal of bio medical waste. The agency is authorised by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for handling biomedical waste. Biomedical wastes are not brought to these centres as stated by the petitioner.

9. I respectfully submit that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has accorded Authorisation to operate all the three Micro Compost Yard centres in Salem City vide its proceedings No.T1/TNPCB/SWM/F.11502/SLM/2019 dated 27.07.2019.

10. I respectfully submit that the total burial ground is 3,80,267 Sq.ft and 51,984 Sq.ft is being taken for Micro Level Compost Centres as stated the details:-