Thoothukudi Civic Team Returns Lost Gold Chain to Woman After Garbage Mix-Up
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- •A five-sovereign gold chain was accidentally discarded with household waste in Anna Nagar, Thoothukudi, on Sunday morning.
- •Muthumalai discovered her purse and the gold chain missing, suspected it was in the collected garbage, and reported the loss at the Kathirvel Nagar composting centre.
- •Sanitation workers Esakkiraja, Muneeswari, Rani, and Pon Selvi emptied the vehicle and searched through the garbage to recover the purse with the gold chain intact.
- •Thoothukudi Corporation Mayor Jegan Periyasamy and Commissioner S. Priyanka publicly commended the team for their honesty and service.
- •The incident highlights the integrity and diligence of municipal workers in Thoothukudi’s waste management system.
Thoothukudi, May 31, 2026: In an act of honesty and civic duty, sanitation workers of Thoothukudi Corporation successfully recovered and returned a five-sovereign gold chain to a local woman after it was accidentally discarded with household waste. The incident highlights the integrity of municipal workers and the responsiveness of the city’s waste management system.
The recovery unfolded on Sunday morning during routine door-to-door garbage collection in Anna Nagar, a residential locality in Thoothukudi. Sanitation teams, including vehicle driver Esakkiraja and sanitation workers Muneeswari, Rani, and Pon Selvi, were collecting waste from multiple areas and transporting it to the composting centre in Kathirvel Nagar. Among the residents who disposed of waste that day was Muthumalai, a resident of Anna Nagar Third Street. She placed her household refuse into the collection vehicle as usual.
