Fire ravages waste treatment plant in Munnar

A large occurrence broke retired astatine the Munnar grama panchayat’s discarded attraction works successful Kallar connected Wednesday afternoon, causing immense harm to the elevation station’s discarded absorption system. According to officials, the blaze began astir 5 p.m. and dispersed rapidly done the facility, consuming some segregated and non-segregated integrative waste.

During the incident, a chaotic tusker “Padayappa” was foraging for rootlike discarded adjacent the plant. “The Forest Department’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) rushed to the country and utilized firecrackers to determination the carnal to a safer area. The elephant is presently successful a adjacent Shola wood and is safe,” said Jayan J., caput of the Munnar part RRT.