The wall made of waste materials.
The Plastic Wall project in Tamil Nadus Nilgiris district will soon be turned into a solid wall using a Gabion mesh, as per a new experiment by the municipality. The Plastic Wall a project which was kick-started on June 5, 2020, on the occasion of World Environment Day is now 26.75 meters with at least 12000 kg plastic waste (non-saleable and non-recyclable).
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Talking about the Plastic Wall, PM Malamurugan, sanitary Inspector at the Coonoor municipality, said, Normally, we build walls with bricks, but these are built by soiled and other non-recyclable waste particles. Our Municipal Health Officer J Ragunathan suggested this idea. Plastics take approximately 120 years to decompose, so we thought why shouldnt we experiment with this.
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The Income Tax Department on Friday moved a petition in Madras High Court accusing Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman of evading tax by allegedly routing income through his non-profit organisation, A R Rahman Foundation. Admitting the appeal, a High Court division bench of Justices T S Sivagnanam and V Bhavani Subbaroyan ordered a notice to be issued to Rahman.
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In the petition, the I-T Department has asked whether the composer was using A R Rahman Foundation as a conduit for accounting his own untaxed income, and as a tool for siphoning his funds. The petition alleges that Rahman had routed income of Rs 3.47 crore through the Foundation, a registered charitable trust that he directly manages.
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