Thiruvananthapuram: With the heavy downpour worsening the garbage problem in the city, the City Corporation remains clueless on a solution. The Corporation is now burying the waste on vacant lands under its possession. “We are burying the waste mainly on our land on the Chalai bypass. However, it cannot be carried out for long,” said Deputy Mayor G Happykumar. He also said that the Corporation was yet to receive any information from the government on the proposal to transport garbage to Parassala for platform construction activities.
Parassala is one of the twenty seven sites identified for using garbage while platform construction activities. However, as the local people have come out in protest against the proposal, the government is learning to hold talks in the presence of local representatives. A team of officials from the Suchitwa Mission and City Corporation had visited the site the other day. It is learnt that the officials have reported to the government on the public opposition to the project.
The uncertainty over a permanent solution is worrying the Corporation as it has to face the public wrath whenever it is asked to transport waste to a new location. “Parassala may help us to solve the issue for a maximum of ten days, but what next? Also, the site is around 35 km away from the city which increases the transportation cost,” the Deputy Mayor said.
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