THE NEW TEAM-2009-2010

PRESIDENT       RANI ANANTH
SECRETARY        RUBIA SHERIF
TREASURER       BHAMINI GOPALAKRISHNAN

AREA CO-ORDINATORS:
SUNRISE AVENUE     CHITRA SANKARLINGAM
                                         SHIELA VERGHESE
SEAVIEW AVENUE              C.S.ANANTH
                                         BAMINI NARAYANAN

CASUARINA DRIVE             AJITHA BALAN
                                        CHANDRA MANICKAVEL

NECE-RULES TO BE FOLLOWED

Members of the Neelankarai East Civic Exnora are requested to follow the rules as given below:
1. All residents, be it owners or tenants; of Casuarina Drive, Sunrise Avenue, Seaview Avenue (4th South Main Road) and the branch lanes off these roads have to be members of the Exnora compulsorily.
2. The residents/tenants on these roads are not permitted to hand over garbage collection to any other association/individual. Neither are they permitted to dump their garbage in any vacant plots.
3. Garbage will be collected everyday ,only between 7.30am & 9.30am
4. In case your garbage is not ready at the above timings, kindly keep them until next day; same time, when the garbage man comes
5. Segregate your garbage before handing over to the garbage men. Bio degradable like food waste, kitchen waste, plant trimmings, paper are bio degradable. Plastic bottles, bags, cartons, thick boards etc are non bio degradable.
6. If the garbage is not segregated, the garbage men have been instructed not to accept garbage.
7. Do not tip the garbage men on any account, be it festivals or any celebration at your residence
8. In case you have more than regular garbage to be cleared owing to any function at your house,or large quanites of garden garbage, please SMS the treasurer Mrs. Bhamini Gopalakrishnan at 9840084834
She will arrange to get this quantity cleared at an additional payment of Rs.100/-. This payment to be handed over to Mrs. Bhamini Gopalakrishnan & NOT directly to the garbage men
9. Ask your servants, gardeners not to dump any garbage in any vacant plot.
10. Do not set fire to any garbage inclusive of any garden waste, trimmings, leaves, twigs. Smoke from such burnt items causes health problems to residents.
11. In case of problems/complaints kindly SMS the following persons assigned for your area.
12.
Casuarina Drive   Mrs. Ajitha Balan 99401 60046
                       Mrs. Chandra Manickavel 98401 76927
Seaview Enclave Mrs. Rajini Rajnarayan 93810 64826

Sunrise Avenue   Mrs. Chitra Sankarlingam 92821 10749
                                    Mrs. Shiela Verghis98410 80557
                                Mrs. Uma Muralikrishna 98840 99397
Seaview Enclave  Mr.C.S.Ananth 98404 12262
                               Mrs.Bamini Narayanan 92821 04699

13. Kindly DO NOT call the above persons. ONLY SMS. While sending SMS, give door No., Road & state problem in brief. SMS will be responded within 24 hrs.

WASTE IS A RESOURCE - COMPOST IT

Yard trimmings, food scraps, wood waste and paper are the largest component of our trash- the garbage waste we dispose of, making up more than two-thirds of the solid waste disposal stream
There are a number of environmental benefits to composting garbage waste:

Composting organic matter rather than disposing in landfills reduces the emission of greenhouse gases like methane.
Using compost as fertilizer reduces the need for chemical fertilizers, and promotes higher crop yields.
Compost can regenerate poor soils, and can be used to cleanup (or remediate) contaminated soil by absorbing odors and treating chemicals. Compost has also been shown to bind to heavy metals and prevent them from migrating into groundwater or plants.

You can create your own home compost from garbage waste as well, either in your backyard or indoors using a compost bin, depending on your available space. Waste Composting can be done with a variety of different systems or containers, including kitchen sized compost bins.

VERMICOMPOSTING … Earthworms are the pulse of the soil … !!

Chitralekha Ramachandran


Vermicomposting is the process of using earthworms to turn biodegradable waste into compost.Choosing a local or native species of earthworm for vermicomposting is an important step.


HOW TO COLLECT NATIVE EARTHWORMS?

Identify worm-inhabited soils marked by visible earthworm castings on the soil surface. Dissolve about 500gm jaggery and 500gm fresh cattle dung in 20 litres of water. Sprinkle on an area 1m x 1m.

Cover with straw, leave cattle dung lumps and cover with an old gunny bag.Keep watering for about 20 to 30 days. Earthworms will aggregate here and can be collected and used.


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