The corporation-wide inauguration of the decentralised waste management campaign will be held at the Muttada ward on November 15.
The waste management scheme will be piloted in the Thampanoor, Palayam, Nanthancode, Pattom, Kesavadasapuram, Kowdiar, Kuravankonam, Vazhuthacaud, Palkulangara, Poojappura, Fort, Sasthamangalam, Vanchiyoor and Kunnukuzhi wards.
Thiruvananthapuram faces high risk from Kudankulam nuclear plant and people of the city will have to be evacuated if an explosion occurs at Kudankulam nuclear plant, T.
The city Corporation on Monday conducted a workshop for councillors to create awareness on the decentralised source-level waste treatment project.
A pilot project for household-level solid waste treatment units will take off at the Muttada ward on November 15. Around 250 units, including biogas plants and vermicompost and ring compost pits, will be installed at Muttada under the project.
Five agencies, shortlisted for providing solid waste treatment units such as biogas plants, vermicompost, and ring compost to city households, demonstrated their products at a meeting chaired by Mayor K. Chandrika here on Saturday. The initiative is part of the decentralised garbage treatment project of the city Corporation.
The District Planning Committee (DPC) of the Thiruvananthapuram district panchayat has approved projects worth Rs.121.70 crore for 2011-12, district panchayat president Remani P. Nair said here on Wednesday.
A conference of the Paristhiti Samrakshana Ekopana Samithi (environment protection coordination committee) here on Monday called upon the Union government to take steps to address the fears of peop
Meet on waste management calls for total ban on plastic
Implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) that makes manufacturers responsible for disposal of non-biodegradable waste generated by their products is among the recommendations made to the government by heads of urban local bodies at a workshop on ‘Decentralised waste management,' organised by the Suchitwa Mission, here on Monday.
Corporation's bid to bring down volume of garbage transported to Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant
The City Corporation Council on Thursday adopted a resolution to launch source-level garbage treatment units through homestead-based treatment plants.
The project is being implemented as part of the Corporation's efforts to bring down the volume of garbage transported to the Vilappilsala solid waste treatment plant.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the media after the Cabinet meeting on Monday that experts, who had examined the outbreak of diseases, had warned of serious problems in the absence of proper waste management.
Chief Minister convenes conciliatory meeting today
With the garbage issue threatening to escalate into a major crisis, the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation, on Monday, began efforts to force the government to find a negotiated settlement.
