Improve storage of non-biodegradable waste: PCB tells Thrikkakara municipality
The Hindu
Kerala State Pollution Control Board has directed the Thrikkakara municipality to ensure proper storage of the non-biodegradable waste at its material collection facility near the District Collectorat
Kerala State Pollution Control Board has directed the Thrikkakara municipality to ensure proper storage of the non-biodegradable waste at its material collection facility near the District Collectorate, Kakkanad.
The board made the recommendation after it found that open storage of waste is being done at the material collection facility. It will cause leachate flow in the rainy season. The Secretary of the civic body has to ensure that the waste should be stored in an enclosed shed, according to a report submitted by the board before the State Level Monitoring Committee on Solid Waste Management appointed by the National Green Tribunal.
Rashid Ullampilly, chairman of the municipality’s Health Standing Committee, said that immediate steps will be taken to ensure the proper storage of the waste at the material collection facility. We have improved the overall waste management scenario. However, the shortcoming detected by the board would be addressed without delay, he said. The board had termed the material collection and processing facility of the municipality as ‘satisfactory’, except the issue of open storage of the waste.