Dumping of solid waste along roadside continues
The Hindu
Garbage is not cleared by the local bodies and is set on fire, say residents
Indiscriminate dumping of solid waste, poultry waste and debris along Karur Bypass Road continues to be a major concern for people. Heaps of garbage, mainly plastic waste, can be seen at many places on the stretch from Solar to Gate Pudur and are set on fire frequently. Since households were not located along the road, garbage was dumped mostly by motorists and also in vehicles, people said and added that garbage was also dumped by the local bodies. “As there is no one to monitor the dumping or houses present, garbage is dumped without any trouble,” said a shopkeeper near Chinniyampalayam.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.