TIRUPUR: Activists and residents have raised fresh concerns over the Tirupur City Municipal Corporation’s solid waste management, alleging that open dumping continues in several areas despite the civic body’s claim of a systematic disposal process.A status report filed by the corporation commissioner before Madras high court in connection with a writ petition in 2025 shows the scale of the crisis. The city generates 573.55 metric tonne of waste a day. But its decentralised processing facilities can handle only around 200 MT, leaving a daily gap of 373.55 MT. The waste stream includes 258.09 MT of wet waste, 258.15 MT of dry waste and around 27 MT of sanitary, silt and e-waste.The case stems from objections to dumping municipal garbage in abandoned stone quarries in Mudalipalayam and Nallur. Acting on the petition filed by P Velusamy, the high court In October 2025 restrained dumping at those sites. Later, it allowed temporary storage on corporation-owned land in Iduvai with conditions, including removal within six months starting Dec 11, 2025.Residents say the gap between official planning and ground-level execution is visible in garbage mounds, foul smell, stray animals and possible health risks, especially near vacant plots and roadsides. Civic activist R Sathish Kumar argued that without adequate processing capacity, strict source segregation, regular door-to-door collection and transparent monitoring, the corporation’s plans would remain largely on paper. “Despite having issued the Solid Waste Management Rules 2026, the civic body has complied with 0% source segregation and door-to-door waste collection. For over months together, piled up open waste dumping has continued and remains uncleared,” he said.The corporation had earlier said it was appointing ward-level and monitoring officers, deputing additional sanitary officials, distributing household bins, installing AI cameras and developing a 200-tonne solid waste management park at Neruperichal. However, with nearly two-thirds of daily waste still beyond current capacity, residents want urgent timelines, ward-wise data and accountability for open dumping.
