THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The district collector has decided to slap notices on the Police department and Kerala State Road Transportation (KSRTC) for immediately cleaning up their auto scrap yards which are posing threat to public health.
Hundreds of unused and seized vehicles are lying abandoned in various part of the state capital setting an ideal environment for breeding mosquitoes and rats.
A top official of District Medical Office told DC that Poor waste management, growing rat and mosquito population is making the state capital highly vulnerable to communicable diseases including Scrub Typhus, Dengue and leptospirosis. "The district collector is coordinating the activities of various departments to ensure effective surveillance against communicable diseases. Disposing waste at the source is the ideal way to prevent such a situation," said the official.
According to authorities KSRTC depots and auto scrap yards of police are posing threat to public health. "Notices will be served soon to the police authorities to clean up these yards and cover up the scraps nicely to avoid waste accumulation," said the official.
The official said that KSRTC Bus depots are also ideal breeding sources of mosquitoes and rats. "Unused buses are lying abandoned and the authorities should clean up the depots and cover up the unused buses," said the official.
A top official of DMO said that coordination of various agencies including Agriculture department, local self-government department is a must.
"Poor waste management is a major challenge and we are planning to convene a meeting with all stakeholders including Residents association, hotels, and restaurants owners to prevent dumping of waste in public places. Collector will chair the meeting very soon," said the official.
