madurai the panthalkudi channel near narimedu and meenambalpuram resembles a dumpyard as residents dump the waste in the canal residents of nearby kattambomman nagar bose street kamarajar street and pattukottai kalyana sundaranar street say that people commuting from sellur to arapalyam and certain meat shop owners are dumping the wastethe most affected parts on the stretch are two culverts kuthirai palam and kamarajar palam which are situated between kattabomman nagar and pattukottai kalyana sundaranar street even though the madurai corporation had placed three garbage bins near the culverts residents throw the garbage into the canal we have warned people from other areas many a times but we need corporation officials to fine them from dumping here m latha a resident of pattukottai kalyana sundaranar street saidselva kumar 24 a resident of kamarajar street said that he has noticed meat shop owners dumping the waste at night ward 26 councillor k chokkayee said that the instance of meat shop owners dumping the waste have reduced in the last three months as the owners were warned by the corporation officials nearly 500m away from the kuthirai palam is madapuram palam which looks clean when asked about the difference in cleanliness ward 24 councillor j manickam said that three months ago the corporation along with the residents tied a green mat near the culvert for 6ft high so that people cannot throw the garbage into the canal now we have removed the green mat but residents are habituated to dump in garbage bins added manickam residents of kamarajar street demand the same to be implemented in kuthirai palam and kamarajar palamrama subramaniam corporation sanitary inspector madurai said we have warned the meat shop owners and will fine them if they are found dumping but we cannot control the residents dumping in the canal we have employed more sanitary workers to clean the area near both the culverts