TheKeralasolid Waste Management project (KSWMP) has identified four waste dumping sites inErnakulamto conduct drone mapping to assess the quantity of waste piled up at the sites and prepare a project to clear it scientifically.
Mapping will be done at the dump sites at Kothamangalam, Kalamassery,North Paravurand Muvattupuzha. Identifying the quantity of waste will help formulate projects for clearing the waste and reclaim land by the local bodies. Regarding Brahmapuram, the has taken up the matter. The drone mapping is conducted at dump sites with more than 10,000 square metres of garbage piles, said a KSWMP official.
In Kalamassery, the dump site is functioning in the heart of Kalamassery town itself. The waste is piled up on 0.75 acres there.
The dump site at Kothamangalam Municipality is functioning at Kumbalathumuri area on 2.60 acres. While the dump site at Muvattupuzha municipality is functioning on 5.47 acres atKurianmala, the one at North Paravur is spread across 2.40 acres at Vedimara.