The wall made of scrap materials.
The ‘Plastic Wall’ project in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu will soon be turned into a solid wall using a Gabion mesh, according to a new experiment by the municipality. The Plastic Wall, a project that began on June 5, 2020, on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day’, now has 26.75 meters with at least 12,000 kg of plastic waste (not salable and not recyclable).
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Speaking about the Plastic Wall, PM Malamurugan, Coonoor Municipality Sanitary Inspector, said: “Normally, we build walls with bricks, but these are built with dirty waste particles and other non-recyclable particles. Our Municipal Health Officer J Ragunathan suggested this idea. Plastics take about 120 years to break down, so we thought why we shouldn’t experiment with this. “
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On Friday, the Income Tax Department filed a petition in Madras High Court accusing Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman of evading taxes by allegedly routing income through his non-profit organization, AR Rahman. Foundation. Upon admitting the appeal, a bench in the High Court division of Justices TS Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan ordered that a notice be issued to Rahman.
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In the petition, the IT Department asked whether the composer was using the AR Rahman Foundation as a “conduit to account for his own untaxed income and as a tool to divert his funds.” The petition alleges that Rahman had funneled income of Rs 3.47 million through the Foundation, a registered charitable trust that he manages directly.
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