Corporation to introduce new plans for waste disposal

Corporation to introduce new plans for waste disposal

Shilpa S R

            After long discussions and conciliatory moves, the city corporation has now managed to introduce new plans for the disposal of waste.

           

            The government has agreed to give a 75% subsidiary for the implementation of bio-gas plants in houses, hospitals and hotels so that most of the garbage can be treated within the city itself. Severe and immediate punishments will be given to people who are seen throwing garbage on roads or anywhere in the city. People who come in vehicles to throw garbage will be taken to custody along with their vehicles.

           

            The waste disposal system had always been a matter of great concern to the public as well as the Trivandrum Corporation. Earlier, the city was provided with huge yellow dust bins that were cleared once in a while by the corporation itself. The garbage thus collected was taken to Vilappilshala which was the dumping yard of Trivandrum Corporation. That system was later stopped because people started dumping their house hold waste in the same bins.

           

            After a long period of dilemma, the corporation started collecting garbage from every house with the help of the Kudumbasree units. The people were asked to put waste in three different covers, one each for  glasses, plastics and biodegradable wastes. This system was running fine until the Vilappilshala issue. The trucks that carried the garbage were not allowed to dump waste in Vilappilshala as the people in that area were suffocating with the smell of wastes. They wanted the government to take proper action against this cruelty to people.

           

            The city corporation has managed to convince the people of Vilappilshala that some steps were taken to reduce huge piling of wastes. They assured that the garbage treatment factory will be closed down at the earliest possible date. Now the domestic wastes are being taken to Vilappilshala in closed trucks only at night with police protection. 

            After the implementation of the new waste disposal system, the city is likely to become more hygienic and disease free than ever before.