Vadakara Municipality is first zero-waste local body in Kerala

Hygiene protocol helps municipality achieve unique feat

Vadakara Municipality in Kozhikode district is the first zero-waste local body in Kerala. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan made the declaration on Saturday and said that Vadakara was a model for the whole State to achieve zero-waste status in five years.

Vadakara MLA K.K. Rema, who presided over the event, said efforts would be made to emulate the model of the Vadakara Municipality in all local bodies in her constituency. Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, District Collector N. Tej Lohit Reddy, State Coordinator of Nava Kerala Mission T.N. Seema, members of administrative panel of the municipality besides district coordinators of the Suchitwa Mission, Kudumbashree and Haritha Keralam Mission took part in the event.

The Chairman’s Trophy for the best ward was awarded to wards 29 and 40 of the municipality for achieving 65% of the targeted hygiene. St. Antony’s Girls High School is the zero-waste school, while the Government Ayurveda Hospital, the Nalladathu Anganwadi, and the Vadakara railway station bagged the awards in their respective categories.