Source : The Hindu Date : 21.06.2009
Waste mound decaying on office premises
Staff Reporter
— Photo: Leju Kamal
Sensitivity needed: The garbage collected from the town found dumped near the Revenue Tower at Adoor.
PATHANAMTHITTA: The municipal garbage heaped on the premises of the Revenue Tower in Adoor town has been causing pollution and posing a health risk.
Though the municipality had started a solid-waste treatment plant near Kaimalappara at Nedungottu in ward 2 eight months ago, the system has not been properly functioning for technical reasons.
The civic body has been dumping the garbage collected from various parts of the town on the Revenue Tower premises, near the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation depot in the heart of the town.
The stinking waste has become a major nuisance to hundreds of people visiting various government offices in the Revenue Tower.
The Revenue Divisional Office, the court complex, the police station and so on are located in the area.
Various socio-political and merchant organisations alleged that the irresponsible handling of solid waste had exposed the civic body’s loss of civic sense. They called for immediate removal of the waste.