Kochi corporation worried about waste dumping

Kochi | Monday | 6th September, 2021

Summary:

At the same time, incidents of councillors being attacked for questioning waste dumping are increasing in the city.

In the past few days, two women councillors and the husband of another councillor were attacked by those who dump waste.

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After failing to identify the land owner, the corporation is to install CCTV surveillance cameras in the area.

The corporation will also remove the waste now piled up in the land.

“We have sought the details of the vacant land from village authorities.

We used to remove waste from the land.

But, anti-social elements would dump the waste there every night,” councillor M G Aristotle said.

It is not an isolated incident as many parts of the corporation are witnessing similar incidents.

“In most cases, it is very difficult to identify the owners.