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A protestation against Fresh Cut poultry discarded rendering portion astatine Ambayathode successful Kozhikode connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
A protestation march by section residents demanding the shutdown of a poultry discarded rendering portion astatine Ambayathode adjacent Thamarassery connected Tuesday turned violent, resulting successful protesters mounting occurrence to the factory.
Meanwhile, a fewer constabulary officers, including Superintendent of Police (Kozhikode Rural) [SP] K.E. Baiju, were injured successful alleged chromatic pelting by the protesters.
Threw stones
The protesters, nether the aegis of Iruthulli civic protestation committee, attempted to artifact a conveyance transporting discarded to Fresh Cut poultry discarded rendering portion astatine Ambayathode. They allegedly threw stones astatine it, pursuing which the constabulary archetypal utilized teargas to disperse the protesters and aboriginal grenades. The enraged agitators allegedly acceptable occurrence to the factory. They besides blocked the vehicles of the Fire and Rescue Services from reaching the spot.
The injured serviceman was moved to a backstage infirmary successful the city. The Inspector General of Police (North Zone) reached the spot and deployed constabulary unit adjacent the mill arsenic the concern remained tense until precocious successful the night.
The nationalist protestation against the plant, located successful Kattippara grama panchayat and the lone 1 of its benignant successful the district, has been connected for respective years. The residents of Thamrassery, Omassery and Kodenchery panchayats alleged that the effluents from the mill polluted the stream adjacent and emitted foul smell, making beingness hard for those successful the neighbourhood.
Foul smell
The works was unopen down for a period successful May, 2025 pursuing protests, with an assurance that corrective measures would beryllium taken earlier reopening it. However, the protestation committee alleged that the absorption made nary changes and that the odor persisted. They besides alleged that the works was functioning overmuch beyond its capacity, arsenic a effect of which poultry discarded had got accumulated connected its premises, resulting successful the foul smell.
Kattippara panchayat had refused to renew the licence of the mill successful 2024. However, the works owners reportedly secured clearance from the district-level facilitation and monitoring committee for discarded management. The committee has demanded a implicit shutdown of the plant.
