Thiruvananthapuram: Corporation City Board Meets here on Tuesday approving the Fixed Health Committee proposal to involve two institutions for dried waste collection in the city.
According to the proposal, the corporation will make money from transportation 14 types of dried waste while having to pay for multi-layer cover, bag, chappal, clothing and waste road.
PET and hard plastic bottles, two main components of non-biodegradable waste in the city, each will take the corporation of Rs 15 and Rs 13 per kilo each.
Color plastic, rubber and coconut shell are other items that the company will receive money from agents for transportation.
The most common plastic waste – milk cover will – Get Rs 13 per kg corporation when carrying a bag will be transported at Rs 7 per kg.
Packaging oil, white plastic cover and paper waste is another type of dry waste now will now make money for collection and transportation.
At the same time, the corporation must spend money on the collection and transportation of clothing, bags and chappals with prices ranging from Rs 5 to 8 per kg.
Road waste will be transported at a cost of 7.5 per kg.
Meanwhile, BJP Board Member delivered a kick kick to the Chairman of the Committee to Keep Health Jameela Sredharan as soon as he sought council approval for the proposal.
The BJP Board of Anil Kumar alleged collection of dried waste in the city is always driven on charges of corruption and that these agents deceive corporations and cheat money from the civil body.
The BJP council demands the formation of a sub-committee to consider various factors such as previous experiences from institutions, locations where waste is transported, mode of transportation and the like.
Replying to BJP’s charges, Chairman of the Jameela Health Committee Sredharan replied that one of the elected agents – Sarojini Ponniah Foundation – has come to help the Civic body even when the company owes the company’s lakhs as payment.
He said that because of covid-induced locking, waste transportation was affected and that dried waste was stacked in the resource recovery center.
That’s when the corporation must extend the agency contract and even though there is a delayed bill; The agency took assignments to transport waste from the city.
When BJP persisted with questions and quoted a lack of clarity in the agenda, Jameela Sredharan who was annoyed to answer that everything was very clearly written in the agenda and those who had doubts could read them carefully.
His statement provoked the BJP Board who said it was inappropriate from the chairman to issue a rough reply to the original questions by board members.
Jameela Sredharan said the agency had associated with the Civic Agency for the past four years and the health team had examined their facilities before responding to waste collection.
He said they had facilities in Tirunelveli and Nagercil and that he did not know any type of waste transportation prohibition to Tamil Nadu, referring to the comments of the BJP board members that there were restrictions on waste transportation to neighboring countries.
Unlike previous years, City Corporation received quotes from two companies for around 18 types of dried waste this time.
Corp.’s nod for agents that collect dry waste
