THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The City Corporation, in its effort to promote source-level waste management methods, is planning to introduce aerobic composting method here. One aerobic composting unit would cost Rs 30,000. On an experimental basis, the civic body is trying to set up 25 such plants.
In the council meeting held on Thursday, Health Standing Committee chairperson S Pushpalatha said such models are successfully functioning in Alappuzha. To establish such plants, Rs 7,50,000 will be required and the amount remaining in the fund sanctioned by Suchitwa Mission for waste management will be utilised for this purpose.
The City Corporation has also received the nod from Suchitwa Mission to set up 19 biogas plants in the city, for which it had submitted a proposal earlier. After attaining certain criteria put forward by the Mission, windrow composts will also be set up.
In the wards added from panchayat areas, the civic body is deploying 30 workers for mosquito eradication activities.
The hostels which function without licence where the Corporation health squad conducted inspection recently were issued notice to obtain licences.
Pushpalatha said that in the coming days, more inspections would be carried out by the civic body in such places.
The civic body said that chicken stalls functioning in the city would be issued licence only if they manage waste on their own. The same condition would be applicable for licence renewal also.