Koottupatha waste cleanup in final phase; 83 % waste cleared

The decades-old discarded mounds astatine Koottupatha, accumulated since the 1960s, are present successful the last signifier of clearance. The Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP) aims to implicit biomining earlier the onset of the monsoon, enabling the reclamation of astir 8.5 acres of land.

KSWMP officials said that 76,082.40 cubic metres of coagulated discarded were processed truthful far, accounting for 83% of the full 92,284 cubic metres of bequest discarded accumulated implicit decades. The Koottupatha dumpsite successful Kodumbu grama panchayat has received discarded from Palakkad municipality since 1960.