Kerala High Court asks Kochi Corporation to issue clearance for temporary waste management facility at Brahmapuram
The Hindu
Project for processing waste with private participation under government’s consideration
The Kochi Corporation shall issue clearance for the temporary waste management system proposed at Brahmapuram before August 18, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has ordered.
The order was issued by the Bench comprising Justices Bechu Kurian Thomas and P. Gopinath on Friday.
Earlier, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice Basant Balaji had heard the case. However, it was transferred to a new bench after Justice Bhatti was promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court.
A temporary waste management system making use of black soldier flies has been proposed at Brahmapuram till the compressed biogas unit proposed by BPCL Kochi Refinery becomes operational.
Sharada Muralidharan, Secretary, Local Self-Government department, informed the court that the government had issued clearance for setting up the new plant at Brahmapuram. It is estimated that around 11 lakh tonnes of waste has piled up on the campus, the court was informed.
The new waste treatment plant will become operational by December. A project for processing waste with private participation is under the consideration of the government. Two bunds were created at Brahmapuram for preventing water mixed with ashes of waste that caught fire at Brahmapuram in March this year reaching the nearby waterbody, the State informed the court.
However, the court said the efficacy of bunds in checking pollution shall be examined.
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