Corp move to establish waste plants faces setback

Protests have broken out in Thonnakkal and Kudappanakunnu, two sites identified by the corporation to set up solid waste mgmt facilities

- SHAINU MOHAN @T'Puram

THE move of the city corporation to establish waste treatment plants to ride over the mounting organic waste crisis ahead of the local body elections in the state capital has faced major setbacks owing to local protests and political interventions. Protests have broken out in Thonnakkal and Kudappanakunnu, two sites identified by the corporation to set up solid waste management facilities, including a Black Soldier Fly composting unit and a Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant — two key projects aimed at solving the waste crisis in the capital city. With just a few months remaining for the local body elections, the state government has set strict targets for resolving the waste crisis in the capital.