Min blasts Kochi corp, public for poor waste mgmt

LAMBASTING Kochi corporation's poor waste management and a lack of civic sense among the people, Local Self-Government Minister M B Rajesh said on Sunday that discarding waste in public is an uncultured habit.

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"The state is coming up with several initiatives. But there should be a cultural shift and people need to change the habit of throwing waste," he said at a function, with Kochi Mayor M Anilkumar and Ernakulam MLA T J Vinod on the dais.

What riled the minister was a bouquet wrapped in banned plastic, which was presented to him at the inauguration of the renovated P J Antony Cultural Centre in Pachalam. The minister refused to accept the bouquet.