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KOCHI: The fire at the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant that left Kochi gasping for days was close to being brought under control by Sunday evening. However, ...

“A temporary solution will be found to resume waste collection that was stalled for the past three to four days. “KSPCB decided to prosecute the corporation as merely imposing a penalty was deemed insufficient to get things done. “Officials are using two large dewatering pumpsets to pump water from Kadambrayar river to the site of the fire at Brahmapuram. On Sunday, a high-level meeting was attended by three ministers at the collectorate took stock of the situation. KOCHI: The fire at the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant that left Kochi gasping for days was close to being brought under control by Sunday evening. However, fixing accountability for the current crisis was not on agenda.

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A blanket of toxic smoke has engulfed most of Kochi and its suburban areas after a fire broke out at the city corporation's solid waste treatment plant in ...

Temporary arrangements will be made for garbage movement which has been suspended in the wake of the fire at the plant,” he said. Apart from state fire and rescue teams, firefighting units of the Navy and the Cochin Port Trust have been deployed to contain the blaze. The massive hill of garbage and plastic waste has been burning unabated for nearly three days now.

Allegations have been raised that the massive heaps of plastic waste at the site were deliberately set on fire by vested interests.

The incident proved that multiple trips undertaken by senior functionaries of the civic body to study garbage treatment were in vain, it said. The probe will cover the possibility of sabotage by stakeholders involved in garbage disposal, it is learnt. The probe must be conducted under the supervision of the Kerala High Court, demanded delegates attending a women’s meet organised by the body.

The fire at Brahmapuram waste plant in Kochi is presently under control and would hopefully be extinguished by evening, the Kerala government said on Sunday ...

Earlier in the day, a fire officer engaged in the fire-fighting at the waste plant said it was taking time to quell the flames as there were layers of plastic underneath which got heated up and prevented the fire at the top from cooling down. The minister further said as a result of the more than 3-day long fire, waste collection in Kochi has come to a standstill and therefore, in the meeting it was resolved that the corporation and the District Collector would take steps to put in place a temporary arrangement for removing garbage from the city. Also, it was decided in the meeting that a panel comprising officials of the corporation and the panchayat, where the waste plant is set up, and including the District Collector and the local MLA will meet every three months to discuss problems in that area. In lieu of that, it was decided to put in place a system comprising a coordination committee of representatives from the Kochi corporation, fire services, police, health services, electricity board and fire safety officials of Bharat Petroleum and CIAL. Regarding the decisions taken in the meeting, Rajeeve said that all stakeholders were of the view that there needs to be a coordinated effort to deal with such situations. [Kerala government](/topic/kerala-government) said on Sunday and assured the public that the smoke due to the blaze was not a matter of concern.

Kochi: Ernakulam district collector Dr Renu Raj on Sunday informed that it will be a holiday for students in Classes 1 to 7 in schools on Monday in the ...

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കൊച്ചിയെ ശ്വാസംമുട്ടിച്ച പുക ജില്ല കടന്ന് ആലപ്പുഴ അരൂരിലേക്കും പടര്ന്നു. കൊച്ചി∙ ബ്രഹ്മപുരത്ത് കൊച്ചി കോർപറേഷന്റെ മാലിന്യസംസ്കരണ കേന്ദ്രത്തിലെ തീ പൂർണമായി അണയ്ക്കാനുള്ള ശ്രമം അഞ്ചാം ദിവസത്തിലേക്ക്. ഒട്ടേറെപ്പേർക്കു തലവേദന, തൊണ്ടവേദന, കണ്ണെരിച്ചിൽ തുടങ്ങിയ പ്രശ്നങ്ങളുണ്ടായി.

കൊച്ചി: ദിവസങ്ങളായി തുടരുന്ന ബ്രഹ്മപുരം പ്ലാന്‍റിലെ തീപിടിത്തം കാരണം കൊച്ചി ...

ഇതോടെയാണ് മാലിന്യം കൊണ്ടുവരേണ്ടതില്ല എന്ന നിലപാടിലേക്ക് അധികൃതരെത്തിയത്. ശനിയാഴ്ച വീടുകളിലെത്തി മാലിന്യം ശേഖരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തിട്ടില്ല. ഇതോടെ തൊഴിലാളികൾ വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച ശേഖരിച്ച മാലിന്യം കെട്ടുകളായി വഴിയോരങ്ങളിൽ സൂക്ഷിക്കേണ്ടിവരികയായിരുന്നു. നഗരത്തിലെ വഴിയോരങ്ങളിൽ മാലിന്യം കെട്ടിക്കിടക്കുന്ന സ്ഥിതിയുണ്ടായി. പലയിടത്തും വീടുകളിൽനിന്ന് വെള്ളി, ശനി ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ മാലിന്യം ശേഖരിച്ചിട്ടില്ല. ഇതോടെ നഗരത്തിലെ മാലിന്യം നീക്കംചെയ്യാത്ത സ്ഥിതിയായി.

Indian firefighters are trying to put out a fire at a waste plant which has led to a toxic smoke cover over many areas in Kochi city in Kerala state.

At least 20 officials from the fire department had developed breathing issues from exposure to the toxic smoke, The state's pollution control board has issued a notice to local authorities, asking them to pay 18 million rupees ($220,000; £182,798) as penalty for failing to follow waste management rules. The plant is owned and operated by Kochi city authorities.

The Kerala govt. also directed hospitals to prepare for mass admission of patients with respiratory distress.

[Also read: Kochi Mayor says scientific measures will be in place to save the situation; Opposition demands vigilance probe](https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/brahmapuram-fire-kochi-mayor-says-scientific-measures-will-be-in-place-to-save-the-situation-opposition-demands-vigilance-probe/article66577204.ece) The government also reportedly contemplated industrial-scale solid waste processing plants in urban centres and more stringent laws to make waste segregation mandatory at the source and reduce plastic litter. Long-term suggestions at the meeting reportedly included installing more surveillance cameras, enhanced security and more Municipal trucks to transport waste. Long-term solutions suggested at the meeting reportedly included bio-mining, using micro-organisms to break down the largely unsegregated waste and retard heavy metal pollution. [three-day-old smouldering fire](https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/major-fire-at-brahmapuram-dumping-yard/article66572329.ece) at the expansive garbage storage yard of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant in Kochi fuelled intense public anxiety about the severe air pollution and [its worrying public health fall-out.](https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/exposure-to-toxic-fumes-can-lead-to-health-hazards-warn-health-experts/article66577778.ece) The meeting weighed several options, including flooding the site and using agents to expedite combustion to deplete the slow-burning fire rapidly.

Giant plumes of toxic smoke continued to rise from the Brahmapuram waste plant here on Sunday evening as hundreds of firefighters, including Naval personnel ...

The Minister further said as a result of the more than 3-day long fire, waste collection in Kochi has come to a standstill and therefore, in the meeting it was resolved that the corporation and the District Collector would take steps to put in place a temporary arrangement for removing garbage from the city. Air quality in parts of this port city was found to be poor this morning due to the fire. In lieu of that, it was decided to put in place a system comprising a coordination committee of representatives from the Kochi Corporation, fire services, police, health services, electricity board and fire safety officials of Bharat Petroleum and CIAL. A senior police officer said that the fire appeared to be extinguished, but huge amounts of smoke was still rising from the site and therefore, it may not have been quelled completely. Besides, two oxygen parlours and a round the clock medical team of doctors have been put in place in Brahmapuram. Meanwhile, the district administration declared Monday as a holiday for Anganwadis, kindergartens, day care centres and children of classes 1 to 7 of government, aided, unaided, CBSE and ICSE schools located in Kochi city and neighbouring gram panchayats and municipalities.