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Wednesday, Jul 30, 2025
Razak's elder brother died a few months ago succumbing to lung diseases which may have been caused due to pollution a waste processing plant
The house-keeping department warned that from now on anyone found dumping home waste in the Secretariat bins will be dealt with seriously.
These schools should also arrange facilities to dispose of the used napkins, according to the order.
Waste treatment in Kochi has become a challenge for the Corporation and the state govt after a massive fire at the Brahmapuram plant exposed the ill-planned and shoddily implemented project.
Large vehicles, including container-tanker lorries, are banned from parking along Vallarpadom Container Terminal Road, Seaport-Airport Road, Irumpanam-Ambalamugal Road, and Kundannur-Kochi Harbour Road, according to the order.
For the last 15 years, he comes out daily with a broom in his hand and cleans up the streets of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to awaken the spirit of cleanliness among people.
LSGD Minister MB Rajesh said the state government aims to bring a 'visible change' to Kochi by World Environment Day on June 5.
The Cola major had stopped production at Plachimada in Palakkad in 2005 after heavily polluting the village.
A review meeting decided to stop local bodies, except Kochi Corporation, from taking bio-degradable waste to the Brahmapuram dump yard after April 30.
'It's high time the government and people come together and do something urgently to arrest the waste menace before things get out of hand.'
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