DTPC terminates workers’ contract after sewage disposal at Butt Road beach park

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The Varakkal Beach has been restored aft  a clean-up thrust  pursuing  the sewage dumping incident.

The Varakkal Beach has been restored aft a clean-up thrust pursuing the sewage dumping incident. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh

The District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) has terminated the contracts of workers progressive successful the sewage disposal incidental adjacent Butt Road formation parkland successful Kozhikode city.

Waste from the toilet artifact adjacent formation park, managed by the DTPC, was dumped astatine the adjacent Varakkal formation connected Sunday morning. The installation has been reportedly leaking for the past 2 months, causing sewage to overflow into surrounding regions.

“The workers astatine the tract were issued show-cause notices, and their declaration was terminated, and a caller declaration replacing the workers volition beryllium issued,” said Nandulal Malakkal, destination manager astatine DTPC, Kozhikode.

“Following sacrificial rituals, soil carried into the restrooms by the pilgrims has led to predominant tube blockages, and we are moving urgently to wide the strategy and expect to reconstruct afloat work immediately,” helium added.

The temple representatives conducting sacrificial rituals arrived astatine the country successful the greeting and recovered the workers cleaning the vessel and dumping wastewater straight onto the beach. They reported the enactment to the constabulary immediately.

Fire and Rescue Services unit and section residents stepped successful to cleanable the sewage that had overflowed crossed the park’s interlocked walkways and chlorinate the country successful bid to reconstruct nationalist hygiene. The substance has been brought to the announcement of the Vellayil police, and a lawsuit has been registered.

The contaminated areas of the crushed were wholly dug up and removed utilizing machinery. As the concerns implicit sanitation were raised owed to the dispersed of waste, the Health section ordered the impermanent closure of nutrient stalls and Tourism section hotels successful the adjacent country till Sunday evening. The incidental took spot adjacent a fashionable evening gathering spot.

Published - January 12, 2026 09:09 p.m. IST

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