THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
A project, planned as part of tourism department's 'Kerala waste free
destination' campaign, to make Kovalam a garbage
free tourism destination, is awaiting government clearance. Kerala Tourism and
Suchitwa Mission have joined hands to provide biogas plants and different
composting technologies to all houses in the area at 25% subsidy.
"We want to
make the bio-gas apparatus affordable to the public. The subsidy is likely to
be offered by the tourism department, corporation and the Suchitwa Mission.
Smaller houses will be provided with pipe-composting," said Suchitwa
Mission executive director George Chakacherry.
The departments have
developed a package for Kovalam which will incorporate various methods of waste
management including vermi, ring and pipe composting. The biggest worry of the
mission is to get the hotels to implement the project. "No decision has
been taken regarding allocation of subsidy to hotels as they have been mandated
to set up waste treatment plants by way of Kerala Municipality (Second
Amendment) Ordinance, 2011. The best we can do is to check that the hotels adhere
to the law," he said.
A plastic shredder
will also be installed on the beach very soon. "There is already a plastic
collection scheme in place but it can be strengthened only by deploying more
Kudumbasree workers in the area," said tourism secretary Suman Billa.
However, promise of
making the destination plastic free, still hangs in limbo. "The ban which
came into effect in November last year has made no difference. Tourism minister
Anil Kumar and the DTPC have held meetings about making Eve's beach plastic free
but nothing has happened so far. The government has to enforce the ban strongly
ensuring that an alternative such as water filters, bags made of cloth and jute
etc. are available," said Jameela Prakasham, Kovalam MLA.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-23/thiruvananthapuram/32803060_1_tourism-department-kerala-tourism-waste-treatment-plants
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