The Times of India    18.08.2012

Corp floats retender for the disposal of plastic waste

KOZHIKODE: With the contractor entrusted with the task pulling out of
the job, the removal of the piled up plastic waste from different parts
of the city got delayed again. Following this the civic body has gone
for a retender.It was a month ago that the city corporation
awarded the deal to a contractor from Tamil Nadu. He had agreed to
procure one kilogram plastic waste for Rs 4.5 per kg. According to the
officials, more than 20,000 tonnes of plastic waste is piled up at
various parts of the city.Health standing committee chairperson
Janamma Kunjunni said that the contractor had withdrawn from the deal
after he failed to remove the waste within the agreed time. However, it
is learnt that the civic body has expelled the agent after it came to
know that the contractor was trying to resell the plastic waste to
another person.

“We will select another agent from the many who have
expressed their interest in removing the plastic wastes,” said the
standing committee chairperson.The corporation officials have
also informed that there would be a delay in resuming the operation of
plastic recycling unit at West Hill Industrial Estate area. “We won’t be
able to recycle the piled up waste at the recycling plant as it is yet
to be fully operational and the corporation has not signed a memorandum
of understanding with Sun Rise Plastic Industry, the company that is
running the plant, in this regard,” Janamma Kunjunni added.

“They have
requested for six more months’ time for the complete commissioning of
the plant, but we have told them to be ready in a month. They have to
install two more machines for the recycling of plastic at the plant,”
she said. “An MoU will be soon inked with the plant,” she added.”The agency also requested us to allot three collection points in the
corporation limit for the collection of generated plastic waste. We have
agreed to provide three locations in the city; Puliyakkode, Kuttichira near Kallai Railway Station and at the West Hill Industrial Estate area,” said Janamma Kunjunni.

Kozhikode: The public need to wait some more months to get rid of the
piled up plastic waste menace in the Kozhikode Corporation limit as the
contractor to whom the civic body awarded contract for the one-time
removal of the plastic waste has withdrawn from the task. Following the
withdrawal of the contractor, the civic body has gone for a retender for
the task.The city corporation had entrusted a contractor from Tamil Nadu
a month back for the one time removal of the plastic wastes piled up at
the various places in the corporation limit after people from various
walks of life staged protest demanding the removal of plastic waste.The
Tamil Nadu based team had agreed to procure one kilogram plastic waste
for Rs.4.5 per kg. It is learnt that the civic body ousted the agent
after it sensed that the contractor had tried to resell the plastic
waste to another person.

According to the officials, more than 20,000
tonnes of plastic waste is piled up at various parts of the city
including at Arabindgosh road, Kozhikode Beach, in front of the old
corporation office and on the narrow pocket roads in the city.Health Standing Committee chairperson Janamma Kunjunni said that the
contractor had withdrawn from the deal after he failed to remove the
piled up waste from the various parts of the city on the agreed time.We
will select an agent from the many who have expressed their interest in
removing the plastic wastes,” said the health standing committee
chairperson.

we won’t be able to recycle the piled up waste at the
recycling plant as the plant is yet to resume its operation fully and
not singed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the company Sun Rise
Plastic Industry,” said the standing committee chairperson.The civic body has been inviting the wrath of the general public as the sticky smell and flit water flowing from the piled up waste is a common site at the city limit.Meanwhile the corporation officials have also informed that there will
be a delay in resuming the operation of plastic recycling unit at West
Hill Industrial Estate area.

The agency had requested us allot
three collection points in the corporation limit for the collection of
generated plastic waste.We have agreed to provide three locations in
the city such as Puliyakkode, Kuttichira near Kallai Railway Station and
at the West Hill Industrial Estate area,” said the Health standing
committee chairperson. the agent has asked us a time of six months for
the complete commissioning of the plant but we have asked them to begin
the work within a month.

They need to install two more sophisticated
machineries for the recycling of plastic at the plant. An MoU will be
soon inked with the agent of the plant,” said Janamma Kunjunni.