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“Vehicles that collect waste from houses, around 600 of them, are colour-coded to carry dry waste and wet waste separately,” he said. “Indore is more than twice the size of Kozhikode, but the Corporation has managed to cover more than 90% of the population’s waste management needs,” he said. They have 1,100 vehicles to collect waste while Kozhikode has fewer than 100 vehicles, Dr.
Gopakumar noted. The trenching ground in Indore is on 146 acres, while Njeliyanparamba in Kozhikode is in less than 10 acres. Kozhikode, which has been pushed back to the 254th position in the last survey, has much to learn from Indore and adapt, observed R.S..