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The mishap connected Monday (November 10, 2025) wherever the partition of a h2o vessel collapsed astatine Thammanam successful Ernakulam has turned the spotlight connected the information and property of tanks managed by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA).
Incidentally, Opposition Congress-led UDF had raised the substance successful the State Legislative Assembly connected September 18 this year, to which Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine replied that the KWA has 161 disused tanks crossed the State. Ernakulam has the highest fig astatine 27.
The ruptured ground-level vessel astatine Thammanam, though respective decades old, was inactive successful usage and presumably not successful this list.
M.K. Muneer of the IUML had, successful an unstarred question, wanted to cognize the steps taken by the State authorities to forestall these disused tanks turning into breeding grounds for mosquitoes, posing a menace to nationalist health.
Mr. Augustine had gone connected to adhd that, portion the section does not person immoderate circumstantial task for dismantling aged tanks, steps are taken to teardrop down structures that are successful a unsafe information utilizing disposable funds and “as per existing rules.”
According to Mr. Augustine, tanks that airs a menace to nationalist wellness oregon look imminent illness are dismantled with each urgency.
According to the written reply fixed by Mr. Augustine to a question by Mr. Muneer successful the Assembly, Palakkad has the 2nd highest fig (22) followed by Alappuzha (20) and Thiruvananthapuram (14). The fig of disused KWA h2o tanks successful the different districts are arsenic follows: Kasaragod (10), Kannur (11), Wayanad (7), Kozhikode (4), Malappuram (9), Thrissur (8), Idukki (13), Kottayam (8), Pathanamthitta (0), and Kollam (8).
