The Hindu 19.07.2013
Panel to visit Kodungallur municipality
The monitoring committee constituted to resolve the
issue of waste management in Kottayam will visit the Kodungallur
municipality on July 27. The visit is intended to assess the
arrangements in place for waste processing and to decide whether the
system could be replicated in the Kottayam municipality. The District
Collector is heading the committee.
The committee is
also mulling over dropping the proposal of capping the waste at the
Vadavathoor dumping yard. The inability of the municipality in finding
establishments to carry out the process is said to be the reason behind
the move.
Plea to government
The
municipality will invite tenders once again before making a final
decision on scrapping the project. It will also request the State
government to permit the usage of the financial assistance, originally
intended for capping, for implementing its source-level waste disposal
scheme.
The monitoring committee will study the arrangements in place for waste management in the municipality.