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Former Mayor and CPI(M) State committee subordinate M. Anilkumar has warned the United Democratic Front (UDF)-led governing committee of the Kochi Corporation against overspending astatine Brahmapuram and overestimating the discarded to beryllium treated there, paving the mode for corruption.
He was addressing a property league present connected Friday (January 16, 2026) to antagonistic the criticisms directed astatine the erstwhile Left Democratic Front (LDF)-led assembly by Mayor V.K. Minimol, pursuing her sojourn to Brahmapuram earlier this week.
Mr. Anilkumar said that radical are alert of the translation astatine Brahmapuram, which had been marked by discarded mountains erstwhile helium assumed complaint arsenic Mayor successful 2020. “Whatever much needs to beryllium done should beryllium done, but taxpayers’ wealth should not beryllium wasted needlessly,” helium said, referring to the Mayor’s connection that Brahmapuram requires caller projects to amended its condition.
He questioned the Mayor’s assertion that 2.5 lakh tonnes of discarded stay to beryllium bio-mined, arguing that discarded buried done technological land-filling during the tenures of erstwhile mayors Mercy Williams and Tony Chammany request not beryllium subjected to biomining again. In fact, helium pointed retired that it was the UDF, portion successful opposition, that had demanded this, pursuing which helium had directed that scientifically landfilled discarded beryllium excluded from the archetypal estimation of implicit 10 lakh tonnes of bequest discarded to beryllium bio-mined. Instead, lone the discarded stacked successful the now-defunct windrow works shed should beryllium bio-mined, helium said.
He besides contested the Mayor’s remarks questioning the ratio of Black Soldier Fly (BSF)-based plants astatine Brahmapuram and the rates charged for discarded treatment. He said lone 1 of the 2 plants, each with a capableness of 50 tonnes, requires fine-tuning. ‘Disrupting the existing functional strategy astatine Brahmapuram by overestimating the discarded generated wrong Corporation limits volition lone pb to wide corruption done inflated investments successful attraction facilities and unnecessary hiring of lorries for discarded transportation. The combined capableness of 150 tonnes, including that of the upcoming compressed biogas works on with the 2 BSF plants, would astatine champion permission retired astir 30–50 tonnes. Considering that 180–200 tonnes are generated regular successful the city, a windrow works would beryllium capable to grip the remainder,’ Mr. Anilkumar said.
He further explained that effectual biomining, carried retired to a extent of astir 2 metres to excavate buried waste, has caused the onshore to subside. Combined with the site’s proximity to the Kadambrayar, this has made it prone to waterlogging during precocious tide. This, helium said, was wherefore the tract wherever Local Self-Governments Minister M.B. Rajesh had played cricket past twelvemonth was sodden, countering the Mayor’s allegation. An embankment on the Kadambrayar is the lone solution, helium added.
Mr. Anilkumar added that portion determination was thing incorrect with the UDF announcing Indira Canteen to supply fund meals, it should not travel astatine the disbursal of Samridhi@Kochi outlets. He accused the UDF of often renaming projects aft members of the Nehru family, lone to revert erstwhile those initiatives failed. He cited however the People’s Plan Campaign was reinstated aft being renamed decentralised planning, and however Janashree, introduced to antagonistic Kudumbashree, yet collapsed.
