Kerala to stink as LSGs fail to pay G30-crore dues to agency

Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Inordinate delay in funds from native our bodies for scientifically disposing of tonnes of rejects collected by the Haritha Karma Sena from households and business institutions throughout the state has landed the Clean Kerala Company Ltd (CKCL) in a deep monetary disaster.

It is discovered that the native our bodies owe round Rs 30 crore to CKCL for the transportation and scientific dealing with of tonnes of reject waste generated within the state. According to estimates, monthly Haritha Karma Sena is gathering and handing over round 3,000 tonnes of rejects from throughout the state. 

As many as 40 service suppliers from the state having tie-up with cement factories positioned in different states have been roped in for dealing with the rejects by the CKCL. An official supply advised TNIE that the delay in fee will quickly hit the motion of rejects. 

“The service providers who are dealing with the rejects are mostly startups. Tonnes of rejects are transported to cement factories and all of them are based in other states. These startup service providers have hired GPS-enabled vehicles for transporting rejects. If we don’t pay them the cost of transportation and the fee they need to pay the cement factories, the movement of rejects from the state will be affected adversely. We don’t have our own funds to give them the dues and we are tied up financially. Some of the dues are more than a year old,” stated an official. 

Since the hearth outbreak on the dumpsites on the Brahmapuram plant, the amount of assortment and segregation has gone up exponentially burdening the service suppliers and CKCL. Ernakulam and Thrissur districts owe pending dues to the tune of over Rs 3 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively to CKCL. It is discovered that the Haritha Karma Sena is handing over round 5,000 tonnes of segregated waste monthly to CKCL, which has entered into an settlement with greater than 70 per cent of native our bodies within the state for scientific dealing with of non-biodegradable waste. 

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“The number of loads has gone up and this is putting pressure on all stakeholders. We believe this is part of the transition and we are taking efforts to address this issue. We have given directions to the local bodies to release the dues immediately and we will follow it up to ensure the funds are handed over,” stated extra chief secretary Saradha Muraleedharan, LSG Department. 

She stated that the protection of waste assortment has gone up and efforts might be taken to strengthen the system. She stated that the CKCL wants to herald extra sources to make sure clean and well timed transportation of waste. 

“We have been clearing waste dumps from public spaces and legacy dumpsites and there is pressure on the forward linkages as the quantity has gone up drastically. We need to rope in more resources to make the system smooth and we are trying to devise strategies to streamline all this,” Saradha Muraleedharan added.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Inordinate delay in funds from native our bodies for scientifically disposing of tonnes of rejects collected by the Haritha Karma Sena from households and business institutions throughout the state has landed the Clean Kerala Company Ltd (CKCL) in a deep monetary disaster.

It is discovered that the native our bodies owe round Rs 30 crore to CKCL for the transportation and scientific dealing with of tonnes of reject waste generated within the state. According to estimates, monthly Haritha Karma Sena is gathering and handing over round 3,000 tonnes of rejects from throughout the state. 

As many as 40 service suppliers from the state having tie-up with cement factories positioned in different states have been roped in for dealing with the rejects by the CKCL. An official supply advised TNIE that the delay in fee will quickly hit the motion of rejects. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“The service providers who are dealing with the rejects are mostly startups. Tonnes of rejects are transported to cement factories and all of them are based in other states. These startup service providers have hired GPS-enabled vehicles for transporting rejects. If we don’t pay them the cost of transportation and the fee they need to pay the cement factories, the movement of rejects from the state will be affected adversely. We don’t have our own funds to give them the dues and we are tied up financially. Some of the dues are more than a year old,” stated an official. 

Since the hearth outbreak on the dumpsites on the Brahmapuram plant, the amount of assortment and segregation has gone up exponentially burdening the service suppliers and CKCL. Ernakulam and Thrissur districts owe pending dues to the tune of over Rs 3 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively to CKCL. It is discovered that the Haritha Karma Sena is handing over round 5,000 tonnes of segregated waste monthly to CKCL, which has entered into an settlement with greater than 70 per cent of native our bodies within the state for scientific dealing with of non-biodegradable waste. 

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“The number of loads has gone up and this is putting pressure on all stakeholders. We believe this is part of the transition and we are taking efforts to address this issue. We have given directions to the local bodies to release the dues immediately and we will follow it up to ensure the funds are handed over,” stated extra chief secretary Saradha Muraleedharan, LSG Department. 

She stated that the protection of waste assortment has gone up and efforts might be taken to strengthen the system. She stated that the CKCL wants to herald extra sources to make sure clean and well timed transportation of waste. 

“We have been clearing waste dumps from public spaces and legacy dumpsites and there is pressure on the forward linkages as the quantity has gone up drastically. We need to rope in more resources to make the system smooth and we are trying to devise strategies to streamline all this,” Saradha Muraleedharan added.