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Kerala invests in SWM to sustain urbanisation

Projects worth `300 crore will be launched this year

erala CM Pinarayi Vijayan Bank. The current financial year
recently inaugurated the will see the state’s 87 municipalities
₹2,400-crore Kerala Solid and six corporations launching
KWaste Management Project sub-projects worth ₹300 crores,
(KSWMP) as part of the second phase which is one-fourth of the total
of ‘Malinya Muktham Navakeralam’ grant they are to get to strengthen
(garbage-free) campaign. infrastructure for solid-waste
“According to certain reports, at management.
least 90% of the state’s population The first phase of KSWMP drew
will be urbanised by 2035. There encouraging response, with the
are opportunities as well as percentage of doorstep garbage
challenges in this regard. Adapting collection rising from 48 to 78, the
to modern techniques for waste release said, adding that the public
management is part of addressing reported 5,965 cases of illegitimate
the challenges,” Vijayan said. garbage heaps across the state since
The ambitious project is the roll-out of KSWMP, leading
being carried out by KSWMP in authorities to clear 95% of them. resource recovery facilities (RRFs)
association with the World Bank A new design for material was unveiled, and a new Grievance
and Asian Infrastructure Investment collection facilities (MCFs) and Redressal Mechanism was launched.

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