The Kalamassery municipal authorities have set up a barrier using abandoned vehicles to check the entry of tankers involved in illegal dumping of untreated sewage into the vacant land along Seaport-Airport Road. The stretch has been a favourite dumping spot for violators in view of open spaces and vacant plots beside it.
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Kalamassery municipality authorities have set up a barrier using abandoned vehicles to check the entry of tankers involved in illegal dumping of untreated sewage into the vacant land along the Seaport-Airport Road.
The stretch has been a favourite dumping spot for the violators in view of the open spaces and vacant plots along it. The absence of CCTV surveillance has also encouraged them to evade the eyes of enforcement agencies.
The tankers and vehicles had easy access to the vacant land on either side of the Seaport-Airport Road, due to the lack of barriers to prevent illegal entry. Nishad A. K, chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health of the civic body, said that five abandoned vehicles lying along the Seaport-Airport Road stretch for a long time had been used to create a barrier to check the entry of vehicles carrying untreated sewage. “We have also used barrels in between the vehicles to extend the barrier as far as possible,” he said.
On the use of abandoned vehicles to create a barrier, Mr. Nishad said that they had been lying unclaimed for the last several years within the municipality limits. “The contact details of those who were using it are not known,” he said.
The municipality council had formed an enforcement squad, comprising officials of its health wing, amid the spike in illegal dumping of waste in Kalamassery-NAD Road, HMT Road, and Seaport-Airport Road. The squad had been instructed to impose penalties on the violators, besides initiating prosecution measures as per the waste management norms.
Published – March 31, 2025 09:38 pm IST
