Land acquisition proposal for waste treatment plant at Ayyankuzhi to be handed over to KSWMP

The onshore acquisition connection for the projected broad discarded attraction works astatine Ayyankuzhi successful Vadavucode-Puthencruz panchayat volition beryllium handed implicit to the Kerala State Waste Management Project (KSWMP) astatine the earliest, District Collector G. Priyanka has said.

She made the connection astatine a gathering with the families of Ayyankuzhi connected Tuesday. The projected tract lies sandwiched betwixt nationalist assemblage units Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL). The acquisition of the onshore has agelong been a request of the families residing there, who contend that it is unfit for habitation.

The Collector directed officials to widen each assistance to the affected families until the acquisition was finalised. She asked HOCL to supply world enactment to children from the affected families and BPCL to proviso nutrient kits. Over 40 families person remained relocated from the tract since the occurrence outbreak successful the 220 kV underground electrical cables passing done the BPCL field connected July 8, 2025.

Deputy Collector (Disaster Management) G. Sreekumar, Vadavucode-Puthencruz panchayat president Reji Thomas, the ward member, and officials of BPCL and HOCL attended the gathering held successful the Collector’s chamber.