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KOCHI, APRIL 7. The Kochi Corporation has decided to act tough against hospitals found lax in disposing of wastes generated by them. The civic body has decided to ask the hospitals to either manage wastes on their own or pay for their removal. The corporation will issue notices to hospitals, asking them to pay for the waste cleared or dispose it of themselves, said the Deputy Mayor, A.V. George. The corporation has included a proposal to this effect in its annual budget, which was passed recently. The notices will be issued by next week, he said. According to a rough estimate, the corporation removes 10 loads of wastes a day from hospital premises. A leading hospital generates three loads, Mr. George said. According to civic administrators, the efforts to set up an incinerator at Brahmapuram, where 100 acres of land had been bought for setting up a solid-waste treatment facility, failed to evoke a positive response from hospitals.
Waste at estuary
Despite protests from environment groups and the Indian Navy, the corporation has resumed dumping of waste on two sites owned the Cochin Port Trust at the Kochi estuary near the Kundannoor-Thevara bypass. The Naval authorities had objected to dumping of waste on the sites as they were near the Naval airport. This may cause damage to aircraft by bird hits. Earlier, the port trust had asked the corporation to stop the practice. However, 100 loads of waste are being dumped there now. Mr. George said the civic body had been dumping wastes on these sites in a scientific manner after spending a considerable sum. The corporation had no other way to dispose of waste till the Brahmapuram project was completed. If the State Government cleared the project, the site could be used for dumping waste and setting up the plant, he added.
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