Greater Chennai Corporation gets approval to outsource maintenance of all public, community toilets
5 months, 1 week ago

Greater Chennai Corporation gets approval to outsource maintenance of all public, community toilets

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The Greater Chennai Corporation has secured government approval to outsource the operation and maintenance of all public and community toilets. The civic body oversees public toilets at 853 locations across the city. A group of women conservancy workers from Royapuram zone have also highlighted poor maintenance in various toilets needing improvements in Permabur, Kolathur, and Anna Salai. Mr. Kumaragurubaran said the GCC would undertake temporary repairs wherever deficiencies had been identified, as existing toilets could not be closed.

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Persons with disabilities have no accessible toilets at Greater Chennai Corporation buildings
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Persons with disabilities have no accessible toilets at Greater Chennai Corporation buildings

The Hindu  

Over 70% of the public buildings of the Greater Chennai Corporation do not have accessible toilets for persons with disabilities, according to a survey conducted by the civic body. Of the 2,802 buildings of the Chennai Corporation, around 860 have accessible toilets for persons with disabilities. Drinking water facility accessible to persons with disabilities has not been installed in the …

Chennai Corporation sanitary workers protest demanding regularisation and salary hike
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation sanitary workers protest demanding regularisation and salary hike

The Hindu  

“The toilets of the Greater Chennai Corporation are not in a usable condition. She was among many, employed under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission, who staged a protest led by Left Trade Union Centre members at the GCC Zone 5 office in Basin Bridge demanding their jobs be made permanent and a salary hike. M. Muniammal, 52, another sanitary …

Greater Chennai Corporation takes up mass cleaning drive, removes 45 tonnes of garden waste across 15 zones in city
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Greater Chennai Corporation takes up mass cleaning drive, removes 45 tonnes of garden waste across 15 zones in city

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation, in a mass cleaning drive, cleared 46.71 tonnes of garden waste from its parks in 102 locations spanning across 15 zones, on Saturday, January 20. According to a release, 976 workers of the Solid Waste Management Department in the civic body removed weeds and cleared tree branches in the parks, vacant lands, Miyawaki parks, graveyards and …

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies
1 year ago

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation’s Solid Waste Management Department issued a circular to officials to form a ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor the illegal dumping of garbage and debris in waterbodies within its limits. The circular issued to regional offices – north, central and south – on December 20 mentioned that the team will be headed by Zonal Assistant Executive Engineers …

Public toilets in Coimbatore Corporation need attention
2 years, 1 month ago

Public toilets in Coimbatore Corporation need attention

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore Corporation plans to soon call for zone-wise fresh tenders to operate and maintain public toilets in the city. P. Mahalakshmi, a native of Kinathukadavu who travels to the city frequently to buy flowers from the market, said the public toilets close to the Gandhipuram bus stand have no maintenance. Corporation Commissioner M. Prathap said the tenders for the …

Drone survey to identify sites for new public toilets in Chennai
2 years, 8 months ago

Drone survey to identify sites for new public toilets in Chennai

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation will launch a drone survey to identify new locations for modern public toilets in the city. The civic body has identified 84 locations for building the new toilets in the city based on the announcement made by Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Stretches such as Anna Salai and Poonamallee High Road will get …

Corporation toilets to have uniform design and logo
2 years, 9 months ago

Corporation toilets to have uniform design and logo

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation will build new public toilets in all the 200 wards, with uniform design, facade, colour and logo under Singara Chennai 2.0. The civic body has started collecting information about sites suitable for the construction of toilets near commercial areas, bus stops, bus terminus, railway stations, government offices, hospitals and parks. According to estimates, each of the …

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