Temporary garbage dumping site at Kolonnawa

Shirley Wijesinghe

A two acre extent of land called " Pothuvil Kumbura" in Kolonnawa received from the Urban Development Authority is now being temporarily used by the CMC to dump garbage collected from Colombo City, Municipality Solid Waste Management Director (Engineering) P. Thangamyle told the Daily News yesterday.

Thangamyle added that this land is the only alternative found by the CMC to dispose garbage after objections raised against the Grandpass dumping site.

Commenting on the tender called by the CMC to select a prospective tenderer for the CMC garbage disposal process, he said 15 proposals have been received for the tender and names of selected tenderers who are interested in a long term plan will be produced for approval according to guidelines issued to the CMC.

Meanwhile, CMC sources revealed that a three year Focus City project to address lack of adequate services such as formalized sewer lines and waste water disposal , solid waste management for congested areas commenced in 2007.

The focus city project is a collaboration between the CMC, Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre, a non - governmental organization with extensive experience in community development and the Centre for Poverty Analysis(CEPA).

The project comes under the Urban Environment Program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.