Mayor seeks to clear air over sewage treatment plant projects
The Hindu
‘STPs unavoidable in view of rapid development of city’
With protest brewing against the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Kothi and with the agitation against the one at Avikkal Thodu turning violent, the Kozhikode Corporation is determined to clear the air and convince local residents of the necessity of the facilities.
A meeting convened by Mayor Beena Philip on Saturday strived to clear the apprehensions of the people of Kothi. The Mayor promised that the corporation would not go ahead with the project without clearing people’s doubts.
Representatives of various political parties and residents’ associations in the region attended the meeting in which they sought clarifications from experts. At the same time, several people boycotted the meeting, maintaining that they did not want the STPs.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.