Kochi Corporation failed to take forward decentralised waste management scheme since 2010, blames CM

Kochi Corporation failed to take forward decentralised waste management scheme since 2010, blames CM

Fire and Rescue Services officials working to quell the smouldering plastic waste at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kochi Corporation, which had won the Zero Waste city award in 2009, failed miserably in taking forward the decentralised waste management system after 2010, criticised Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Speaking at the State […]

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Brahmapuram fire: Kerala CM announces vigilance and SIT probes

Brahmapuram fire: Kerala CM announces vigilance and SIT probes

Fire force personnel from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) spray water to quell the smoke at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant in Kochi on March 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The Kerala government has announced a vigilance probe into the affairs of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant since its inception. A Special Investigation […]

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Brahmapuram fire | Pinarayi Vijayan announces Clean Kerala action plan

Brahmapuram fire | Pinarayi Vijayan announces Clean Kerala action plan

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Taking a leaf out of the Brahmapuram crisis, the government will roll out an action plan for evolving an effective waste management mechanism across the State on a war footing, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the State Assembly. The State will seek international expertise in solid […]

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Satheesan asks CM to quantify dioxin poisoning in Kochi residents

Satheesan asks CM to quantify dioxin poisoning in Kochi residents

March 14, 2023 09:02 pm | Updated March 15, 2023 09:57 am IST – Thiruvananthapuram V.D. Satheesan said the government should invite the World Health Organization to study the fallout of the atmospheric poisoning caused by the toxic fumes from the plastic garbage fire. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Leader of the Opposition V. D. […]

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Kerala Opposition disrupts Assembly over Brahmapuram fire

Kerala Opposition disrupts Assembly over Brahmapuram fire

Kerala Legislative Assembly Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition unleashed an impassioned attack against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government for “shielding politically influential contractors who heartlessly jeopardised the health of eight lakh Kochi residents by setting fire to the plastic garbage hill at Brahmapuram to cover up their abject failure to dispose of the […]

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Brahmapuram fire: KPCC chief asks govt. to compensate victims

Brahmapuram fire: KPCC chief asks govt. to compensate victims

March 12, 2023 08:56 pm | Updated March 13, 2023 07:53 am IST – THIRUVANANTHAPURAM KPCC president K. Sudhakaran said that Kerala government should compensate the victims of Brahmapuram fire. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The State government should compensate the victims of the fire at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant in Kochi in […]

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Brahmapuram fire | People begin to lose patience as fresh bouts of smoke and smell hit many parts of city

Brahmapuram fire | People begin to lose patience as fresh bouts of smoke and smell hit many parts of city

Smoke from Brahmapuram fire is still suffocating parts of Ernakulam city | Photo Credit: R. K. Nithin From his 21st floor-apartment in Chittethukara not so far away from the Brahmapuram plant where tonnes of plastic garbage heaps continue to smoulder for the last one week, Dinesh Neelankandan, a script writer, could see a thick film […]

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