Thrikkakara Municipality to acquire five acres at Brahmapuram

Land to be used for establishing waste treatment facility, abattoir, dog sterilisation centre

Thrikkakara Municipality has said it will acquire five acres at Brahmapuram to establish a set of facilities that will permanently solve the problem of waste disposal, which has been dogging the municipal administration for over two decades.

Rashid Ullampally, Health Standing Committee chairman, said the municipal authorities had identified five acres at Brahmapuram, where the civic body not only planned to set up a modern waste disposal facility but also a modern abattoir and a facility for sterilising dogs and taking care of them. He said that ₹5 crore had already been set aside for the initial works.

The land price will have to be decided upon by the district authorities before the municipality is able to take over land from willing sellers, he said. The land had been identified and there was no obstruction to obtaining it for the project, he added. He said that proper waste disposal had been a big problem for the municipality.