Dump waste at a cost
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As part of the efforts to streamline the waste disposal system in the city, the corporation plans to levy user fees for waste collection from hotels, marriage halls and other commercial establishments.
This will make the waste collection in the city more efficient and self supporting, according to mayor Tony Chammany.
While replying to a debate on the topic at the corporation council meeting on Friday, the mayor said that some municipal corporations in the district had already implemented the system successfully.
“The health steering committee will discuss the proposal and a final decision will be taken soon. A meeting with the office bearers of the Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association will be convened,” said Chammany.
The mayor also informed the council that the corporation would soon purchase 10 covered vehicles for transporting waste. These covered vehicles, with more carrying capacity, will transport waste to the Brahmapuram plant.
At present, 34 lorries are in service everyday to remove waste from the city.
The civic body will also buy 500 tricycles for door-to-door waste collection. As many as 250 tricycles will be purchased using Kerala
Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) funds and the remaining 250 will be procured through the Suchitwa Mission. A proposal has already been sent to the Suchitwa Mission in this regard, the mayor informed the council.
Earlier, participating in the debate opposition councillors K.V. Manoj, advocate M. Anil Kumar and P.S. Prakash alleged that the waste disposal system in the city was not proper and that the corporation’s health department authorities had failed to ensure regular waste removal.
Due to the increasing number of complaints raised by the public against auto drivers, the local body plans to tighten the noose around unauthorised auto rickshaws.
As part of this a meeting with trade union leaders, the city police, the RTO, officials of Public Works Department (PWD), revenue department and legal metrology department would be convened on July 16, the mayor said.
The meeting would take a final call on the number of auto stands to be permitted within the city limits and the criteria for giving city permits.
Other topics that came up for discussion during the meeting were the demolition of illegal bus shelters, failure in conducting homeo medical camps properly, illegal construction in the heritage zones of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry and lack of street lights on the Edappally railway overbridge.
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