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more-inThe Kozhikode Corporation has given nod to hand over 12.67 acres at Njeliyanparamba to the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) to set up the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant for the waste-to-energy project. The remaining waste is often dumped on the roadside or on waterbodies. Kozhikode Corporation generates around 300 tonnes of waste daily, of which 60 to 80 tonnes go to the present treatment plant at Njeliyanparamba. The Corporation council on Wednesday decided to retain the agency that currently runs a plant at Njeliyanparamba until the completion of the KSIDC plant so that waste management in the city goes uninterrupted. The land will be handed over based on a 27-year-long lease which prevents KSIDC, the nodal agency for the project, from using the land for any other purpose other than waste management..