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Garbage menace will end: Paloli

Tackling a problem: Minister for Local Self-Government Paloli Mohammed Kutty with Mayor Mercy Williams at a meeting in the city on Friday.

KOCHI: Minister for Local Self-Government Paloli Mohammed Kutty said here on Friday that the decaying waste in the city would be immediately removed to a suitable place and the District Collector had been given the full responsibility of execution of the work.

The Minister, after chairing a meeting at the Corporation Council Hall, told presspersons that the Government would support the Collector in implementing the High Court’s orders.

On protests by people in areas where waste would be dumped, he said the Government would lend an ear to their complaints and take corrective steps, if the grievances were genuine.

The Minister said the Centre had been requested to help till the waste-processing plant at Brahmapuram was ready. Land of Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore and others under the Union Government would be considered for dumping.

The Collector would be responsible for getting waste removed till the plant was ready. The Corporation, meanwhile, would set up decentralised waste-processing units in various wards soon.

He denied the allegation that the Government had found the Corporation not efficient enough to clear garbage. A waste processing plant, which should have been here about 10 to 12 years ago, had failed to materialise to meet the needs of the growing city. There were no two opinions about removal of waste, he said, adding that since it required coordination of many departments, the Collector, as the head of the administration, would be best suited to execute the job on a fast track.

Asked if he could give an assurance to the people of Kochi that waste would not pile up in future, he said, “From tomorrow onwards, the Corporation will take steps to avoid piling up of waste in the city.”

Minister for Fisheries S. Sarma; P.C. Thomas and K. Chandran Pillai, MPs; K.V. Thomas, M.M. Monayee and Ibrahim Kunju, MLAs; T.K. Jose and A. Shahjahan, top officials of the Department of Urban Affairs; District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish; and City Police Commissioner Manoj Abraham attended the meeting. The district health officials, led by District Medical Officer K.T. Remani; Corporation Secretary Mini Antony and S. Mythili of the Pollution Control Board were present.

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