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Bylaw for waste management

KOCHI: The proposed bylaw of the Kochi Corporation for giving a legal frame work for the municipal solid waste management may be passed when the Council meets this week.

The health wing of the Corporation is in the process of incorporating various suggestions made by the councillors during the debate in the Council. The comments of the public will also be incorporated in the final draft which will be placed before the Council. The Health Standing Committee had placed the draft law before the Council last month.

The draft law attempts to streamline municipal solid waste collection, segregation and processing and fixes the duties and responsibilities of officials of the civic body as well as the public. Penal provisions for violation of the bylaw, including dumping of garbage in public places and delay in removing waste, have been incorporated in the draft.

The draft is also viewed as an attempt to fine tune garbage collection and transport in the wake of the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram nearing completion.

The draft was publicised for the public to comment on various provisions of the law. The deadline for the public for filing their views ended on January 14.

“The public response to the draft law was tremendous. We used to get large number of responses in the form of e-mails and letters,” said Mini Antony, secretary of the Kochi Corporation.

Though the deadline for the public to file their response ended last week, the comments received even after the cut-off date were passed on to the health wing for consideration, she said.

While a large number of responses were pertaining to individual requirements like the demand for waste collection centres at their area and the deployment of staff for collection and transport of waste, there were also serious comments on various provisions of the law, Ms. Antony said.

The individual demands for various facilities would not be considered in the bylaw as the Corporation was specifically looking for comments on various provisions of the law.

Copies of the draft were also issued to the Ernakulam District Residents Associations Apex Council for distribution among various residents associations, Ms. Antony said.

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