The World Bank said on Monday it plans to buy carbon credits from pig farms in the Philippines, helping farmers generate extra income by setting up environment friendly waste treatment facilities.

Road near Sakthan Nagar turns into a dumping yard

Though the Thrissur Corporation managed to enter into a contract with a private agency for garbage disposal, the city’s sanitation condition has not improved a bit. The Salem-based company, which removed two loads of waste for one day has not turned up after that. The rotten waste collected from various parts of the city has been heaped on Pattalam Road, located in the heart of the city, for the past one week.

The power of organised protest prevailed over the Thiruvananthapuram district administration which, after a futile police action here on Friday morning, gave up its attempts to take a truck laden with equipment for a leachate treatment plant to the city Corporation’s solid waste treatment facility here.

Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds of local people and activists of the Vilappil Janakeeya Samithi had gathered in front of the Sreekanda Sastha Temple here right from Friday morning to prevent the movement of machinery or garbage to the treatment plant.

All the 15 companies, which had submitted requests for qualification for the government’s modern solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram capable of processing 500 tonnes of waste materials daily, have been qualified to bid for the project.

Confirming the development, Urban Affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali told The Hindu on Wednesday that a pre-bid conference is likely to be held next week. Foreign technology will be adopted for the modern plant. The government will not act in haste and will complete all modalities before launching the project, he said.

District Judge K. P. Jyothindranath who inspected Lalur, the Thrissur Corporation’s waste disposal site, recently has submitted his report to the High Court.

He inspected Lalur under a directive of the High Court that the district judge should review waste treatment in the site every six months. The report suggested that decentralised waste treatment plants should be set up at the earliest. “The processing units for plastic materials and bio-degradable wastes should be established in a large scale. Waste management systems for residents, apartments, hotels, markets and educational institutions should be promoted,” the report said.

Kerala Sanitation Mission to provide technical support

In a boost to the anti-litter campaign of the City Corporation, over 1,200 households coming under 12 residents’ associations in and around West Hill here have drawn up a plan to set up their own biodegradable-waste-treatment units. The Kerala Sanitation Mission will team up with the members of these residents’ associations and extend technical support to them.

PORVORIM: The issues of cleanliness and disposal of garbage dominated the Socorro gram sabha on Sunday.

The villagers alleged that the panchayat was not paying enough attention towards cleanliness of the village. “There has been rise in the number of construction workers due to spurt in construction activities in Socorro. During monsoon, there is every possibility of spreading diseases like typhoid, cholera, etc,” complained the villagers.

PANJIM: In the ongoing garbage menace that is plaguing every corner of the state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Urban Development Minister Francis D’Souza seem to have put their faith in tech

Private agencies to be roped in

The Vadakara Municipality is planning to team up with various private agencies in the region to take up a comprehensive source-level waste treatment scheme with the support of residents and industrial units. A special fund will be earmarked to support the scheme, which will strive to promote the decentralised waste treatment initiatives.