Protest brews over project to treat septic waste at Kozhikode MCH plant
The Hindu
The Kozhikode Corporation’s recent project to scientifically process septic waste from across the city at the 0.1 MLD faecal sludge treatment plant on the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) premises has triggered protest from staff and students of the medical college.
The Kozhikode Corporation’s recent project to scientifically process septic waste from across the city at the 0.1 MLD faecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) on the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) premises has triggered protest from staff and students of the medical college.
The project was launched by District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh on Monday, and the first tanker load of septic waste was transferred to the FSTP under police protection on Monday night as protesters attempted to block stop it.
The Corporation set up the facility on the orders of the District Collector in his capacity as Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority in an effort to check unscientific dumping of faecal matter in waterbodies. The move is expected to put an end to the spread of waterborne diseases which are often caused by contamination of water owing to the presence of faecal matter. The Corporation had launched specially designed vehicles for the purpose on Monday.
There are four sewage treatment plants (STPs) on the medical college premises with a total capacity of 5.1 MLD. They were set up with the purpose of keeping the MCH and its premises clean and sanitised. However, the protesting staff and students alleged that they were yet to serve their purpose completely as the networking of pipelines connecting all buildings with the STPs had not been completed. Bringing faecal waste from other parts of the city into the campus would sabotage the purpose of STPs, they said.
“The medical college hospital has a daily turnout of around 6,000 patients. There are around 3,000 students and even more visitors. This place is equivalent to a thickly populated residential area. How can the Corporation be so careless that so much waste is shifted to this place putting everyone’s health at risk?” asked Dr. M.P. Sreejayan, Superintendent, MCH.
The MCH authorities had earlier voiced concerns about setting up STPs near hostels and had complained formally when the Corporation devised plans to treat waste from across the city on its premises.
“The plant could have been located at some less populated area. Even inside the MCH compound, the land given up for the Mono Rail project near the Tertiary Cancer Care Centre could have been used for the purpose,” Dr. Sreejayan said.
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