The Hindu 11.06.2010
Pathanamthitta turning dumping yard
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor
PATHANAMTHITTA: Callous dumping of waste in public places by the local bodies has been posing an alarming public health risk in Pathanamthitta. With the onset of monsoon, viral fever has begun to spread in an epidemic proportion in many parts of the district.
The highly literate district has been putting up with environmental pollution owing to the alleged negligence on the part of the civic authorities and the official machinery in ensuring proper waste disposal, sanitation and pollution control.
Irresponsible dumping of waste in public places has converted the major towns of Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Adoor, Kozhencherry, Ranni, Mallappally and Konni literally into dumping yards.
The Pathanamthitta municipality continues to dump all sorts of solid waste in the open yards near the private bus stand, behind the municipal office and along Ring Road. The Thiruvalla municipality continues to dump the waste collected from different parts of the town in the wetlands close to a private medical college.
Major panchayats of Kozhencherry, Konni, Pandalam and Mallappally too generate huge quantities of solid waste and the absence of proper sewage disposal mechanism has been the bane of these panchayats.
