These guys talk abt COnditions in Chennai !
LMSAO !
Nowonder this LNP is stinking since these Colombo guys came here ....
Garbage disposal in the city comes to a halt crisis
By Nirmala Kannangara
The Colombo Municipal Council's (CMC) failure to settle payments due to Burns Environment and Technology (Pvt) Ltd. (BETPL) for garbage disposal carried out over the past six months will affect the removal of garbage within the city, BETPL sources told The Morning Leader.
According to BETPL sources the CMC owes the company Rs. 75-80 million for garbage disposal and another Rs. 20-25 million for diesel since April this year.
'The company finds it extremely difficult to continue with the solid waste disposal as the municipality has so far failed to pay our dues from April. When the payments are delayed, automatically the work is hampered, as we have to repair the machinery used for the disposal process regularly. With the present situation we are unable to even pay our workers,' said the sources.
Accusing the present CMC administration of inefficiency and incompetence, the sources added that although the company was handling the city garbage disposal for the past 14 years, this was the first time that the CMC has failed to pay their dues.
'Due to an unavoidable issue during former Mayor Prasanna Gunawardena's tenure the garbage collection within the city was hindered for four days. But generally during the UNP regime there wasn't any issue with regard to garbage disposal. However due to the incompetence of the council that has been suspended, garbage disposal is to come to a standstill in a few days,' added the sources.
According to the sources more than 750 tonnes of solid waste is removed from the city daily and Rs.100,000 to Rs.150,000 is spent on diesel to operate dozers and tippers.
Special Commissioner, Colombo Municipal Council, H. Sumanapala told The Morning Leader that since he was unaware of the issue, he needed at least two to three weeks to study the problem before finding a solution
Edited By - chennaiguuy - 23 Nov 2008 15:21:52 GMT |