Though the Kochi Corporation has mooted a plan for transporting waste
materials during night time to avoid complaints against transportation
of waste in open trucks during daytime, the plan failed after the pilot
phase. 

According to the Corporation authorities, the major reason for the failure  was the non-cooperation of the workers.

“It
was some four years back that the civic body launched a plan for
transporting waste to the Brahmapuram Plant during night. But, a
majority of the contingent workers were against it and were not ready to
cooperate,”  said Kochi Corporation Health Standing Committee chairman T
K Ashraf.  He added that at present the Corporation removes the waste
from the city with the help of contingency workers and Kudumabsree
units. “The contingency workers and Kudumbasree units help us in
collecting the waste from households. The wastes are collected using
small carts will be later moved  to lorries, which will transport it to
the Brahmpauram Waste Treatment Plant,” he said.

Ashraf said that
even though the Corporation is coming up with an idea to transport waste
during night, they need full co-operation from the workers, as well as
the public.

“The waste should be deposited in a specific time if
we decide to remove it during night. If they deposit waste in the
morning, it will pile up when the workers reach every collection point
by evening. Hence, we will have to fix a time for disposing waste, which
is not practical. A majority of the family members being working class,
it will be difficult for them,” Ashraf said.