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Kochi Corporation told to explain violations at Brahmapuram yard
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State Pollution Control Board to issue show-cause notice to civic body
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State Pollution Control Board to issue show-cause notice to civic body The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will issue show-cause notice to the Kochi Corporation asking it to explain the steps taken to address the violations detected at the Brahmapuarm waste dumping yard.
The notice will be served based on the board’s findings gathered during the inspection held at the yard on March 3. The Corporation will be told to elaborate on the continuing incidents of fire outbreaks at the site, where heaps of waste have been lying idle for long. The local body had failed to contain the repeated fires that resulted in air pollution, besides triggering the possibility of causing harm to the public, said senior board officials. A major fire occurred at the yard on March 5.
Stop dumping of waste from other local bodies, says PCB
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Board’s recommendation placed before SLMC
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Board’s recommendation placed before SLMC
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has recommended a halt to the dumping of waste generated in local bodies other than Kochi Corporation at the Brahmapuram yard to tide over the worsening ecological situation at the site.
Five municipalities and three panchayats have been transporting their biodegradable waste to Brahmapuram for long. They are Angamaly, Aluva, Kalamassery, Thrikkakara and Thripunitura municipalities and Vadavucode-Puthencruz, Cheranalloor and Kumbalanghi panchayats.
Despite several directives issued by the State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) on Solid Waste Management and the board, the civic bodies had failed to evolve their own mechanism to process waste. The board’s recommendation has been placed before the SLMC for follow-up action. Waste collection from other local bo
Efforts on to produce nutraceutical from pineapple
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VAFPC ventures hold out bright prospects for pineapple farmers
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VAFPC ventures hold out bright prospects for pineapple farmers
The Vazhakkulam Agro and Fruit Processing Company (VAFPC), jointly owned by the State government and pineapple farmers, is exploring the possibility of producing a Bromelain-enriched nutraceutical as well as pineapple leaf-based biodegradable, disposable cutleries, and plates with technical support from the Agro Processing Technology Division of CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.
Detailed project reports are ready for the ventures that hold out prospects of a bright future for over 5,000 pineapple farmers in the State, who have brought around 18,000 hectares under the crop.