Hospitals warned against dumping medical waste on roadside, public places

TIRUNELVELI

TIRUNELVELI

Corporation Mayor P.M. Saravanan said that hospitals that dump medical waste in public places and on the roadside, instead of disposing it properly, will lose their licence and face legal action.

As he received petitions from the public during the grievance meet held here on Tuesday, Mr. Saravanan asked the public to alert the corporation officials about dumping of medical waste in their areas.

 Visually challenged Alwar Samy of Arunachala Nagar in KTC Nagar here submitted a petition seeking permission for allotment of a space in the Tirunelveli Junction bus-stand for selling roasted groundnut.

Councilor Ravindar of ward 24 appealed to the Mayor to take steps to remove the sand taken from the drainage channels in his ward, particularly from the Periya Theru, Thaiyalkaarar Street, Pugazhenthi Street, Middle Street and Jawaharlal Street.

AIADMK councillor Chandrasekaran submitted a petition seeking desilting of all drainage channels in his ward and repairing of damaged roads.

DMK councillor Jeganathan of ward 5 complained that the Corporation officials were not informing him about development works being executed in his ward. “The officials, who had used the earth-movers for a couple of hours in my ward for the works, had siphoned off hefty sum by preparing fake bills which show that the earth-movers had been deployed from morning to evening. The officials should inform the councillors in advance when they do any work in any ward,” he said.