The Punnapra South grama panchayat has distributed trollies to the members of the Haritha Karma Sena for waste collection. It was inaugurated by H. Salam, MLA, in a function held on the premises of the panchayat office on Thursday.
The panchayat officials said that Haritha Karma Sena members would collect plastic waste from households in trollies and bring it to mini material collection facilities. The waste would then be transported to the main material collection facilities in an electric pickup van. The segregated waste would be handed over to the Clean Kerala Company Limited.
The local body distributed 17 trollies, spending ₹17,500 for each unit, in the initial phase. As many as 30 Haritha Karma Sena members are engaged in plastic waste collection in the local body. The panchayat has also set up material collection facilities in all the 17 wards.
Punnapra South panchayat president P.G. Cyrus presided. Punnapra South panchayat secretary V.M. Saji, panchayat vice president Sudharma Bhuvanachandran and others attended the function.
