The Tripunithura Municipality has decided to implement waste
management proposals introduced in the 2013-14 annual budget this month.
According to the municipal authorities, discussions are progressing in
this regard under the aegis of the Health Department.

As part of
the decision, the proposal to grant cash awards and certificates to
hotels and flats that treat waste properly will be implemented soon. “A 
monitoring committee has been formed to implement the proposal. The 
committee will divide the hotels in the area into three categories
taking account of its infrastructure capacity. Flats will be considered
as another category. Each category will be given grades based on their
efficiency in waste management. The committee will also conduct monthly
inspection at flats and hotels. The hotels and flats that bag highest
grades will be given the awards,” said S Vidyadaran, health supervisor,
Tripunithura Municipality.

He added that the municipality will
suggest perfect waste-treatment systems at hotels, flats, private firms,
public firms that lacks one.

“The `1 lakh earmarked in the budget
will be used to implement the project. The committee has fixed the
first prize at `10,000. The second and third price will be `5,000 and
`3,000, respectively, to each category,” he added.

Moreover, the
committee will encourage the treating of waste at its source in the
municipality. “In the pilot project, as many as 4,000 pipe composts will
be distributed. A catalyst will also be suggested to speed up the waste
treatment in the pipe compost,” he said.

He added that solid food wastes from the houses will be collected and taken to the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant.

 “Residents
will have to pay `1 for taking one kg waste. The municipality is
searching for land to set up waste dumping yard,” Vidyadaran added.