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Kandy garbage makes way for Colombo for incineration
Colombo, April 28 (Daily Mirror) - Nearly 625 tonnes of unsorted garbage collected during the cleaning process in Kandy, following the ten-day exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic at Dalada Maligawa, is to be incinerated using the burner at the Colombo Municipal Council, Kandy Municipal Commissioner Ms.Indika Abeysinghe said.
Making remarks to the press, she said it was not possible to sort the waste at this stage, disposed in large volumes. Garbage collection was carried out with the support of several voluntary organisations and subsequently moved to the garbage dump in the Gohagoda area before transportation to Colombo for incineration.
She further revealed that approximately 3.5 million plastic bottles had been released into the town during the religious event, adding to the waste burden.
Meanwhile, Kandy Municipal Council’s Municipal Mechanical Engineer, Chief Engineer for Waste and Wastewater, and Head of the Department of Solid Waste Management, Namal Dhammika Dissanayake, said that nearly 600 tonnes of garbage had been generated in Kandy town through informal disposal over the past ten days.
Additionally, authorities reported a significant number of slippers discarded by devotees along the streets of Kandy during the religious procession.
The annual exposition, which draws thousands of devotees from across the country, concluded recently, leaving behind an unprecedented volume of waste in the city.
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