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Kochi’s Brahmapuram | A dump fire that raises a stink

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Smoke from the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant enveloped Kochi for days. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The March 2 fire at Brahmapuram was not the first at the waste processing plant — a euphemism for a sprawling 110-acre open dumping yard with a failed windrow composting facility and a yet-to-begin waste-to-energy plant. The yard […]

Disband Kochi Corporation, demands conclave of NGOs

March 18, 2023March 19, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] The Kochi Corporation must be disbanded since it has abysmally failed in most counts, mainly in tackling the garbage menace, activists of various NGOs under the banner of ‘conclave of former KSU members’ have said. Addressing the media here on Saturday, Sajan Mannaly, a lawyer by profession, alleged that the civic body had also […]

NGT’s Principal Bench warns ₹500 crore penalty on Kerala government for Brahmapuram fiasco

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Fire and Rescue Services personnel dousing the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal on Friday held the Kerala government responsible for the massive fire at the Brahmapuram dump site of the Kochi Corporation on March 2 […]

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

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] 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 […]

Brahmapuram fire | KSPCB to crack whip on Corporation, slaps civic body with fresh environment compensation fine

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Fire and Rescue services personnel toiling on March 3 to put out the smoke billowing from the smouldering garbage at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is set to issue a fresh notice to Kochi Corporation slapping the civic body with a fine for […]

Fire at Kochi’s Brahmapuram waste treatment plant has become an annual phenomenon

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Fire and Rescue Services personnel trying to douse the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Plastic waste piled up at Kochi Corporation’s solid waste treatment plant in Brahmapuram has gone up in smoke without fail every year since 2019. In fact, at […]

Brahmapuram fire | Affected areas face problems of smoke, smell of burnt plastic

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Fire and Rescue services personnel toiling on March 3 to put out the smoke billowing from the smouldering garbage at Brahmapuram waste treatment plant. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat “Like snowfall in some exotic places, there is now ashes falling around us,” M.M. Basheer, a resident of Brahmapuram ward in Vadavucode-Puthencruz panchayat fumed sarcastically […]