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Amid pandemic, waste piling up at material collection facilities in Ernakulam
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Efforts to clear waste hit by COVID-19 second wave
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Efforts to clear waste hit by COVID-19 second wave Twenty-five grama panchayats in Ernakulam were found lagging in clearing solid waste stored in material collection facilities (MCFs) amidst the pandemic crisis.
The piling up of waste had peaked around April. Efforts to clear the waste were hit following the second wave of COVID-19. An assessment by the Suchitwa Mission and Haritha Keralam Mission revealed that MCFs in 18 grama panchayats were filled to capacity.
The situation at the mini MCFs in five panchayats was no different. The MCFs have to be set up by the local bodies concerned to store waste collected from households and commercial establishments. The vendors engaged in transporting waste for use in the recycling industry collect it from the facilities.
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Ganjam also became the first district to cross generation of 50-lakh person days (PDs) and crossed Rs 74.28-crore expenditure in this labour intensive scheme.
BHUBANESWAR: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has provided the much-needed boost to rural employment in Ganjam during the pandemic.
The district tops the list of districts in generating person days (PDs) and money spent to undertake labour intensive works in the current financial year.
Ganjam also became the first district to cross generation of 50-lakh person days (PDs) and crossed Rs 74.28-crore expenditure in this labour intensive scheme. It achieved the milestone in only one month as actual work for the current financial year started after April 10, said an officer.