The Local Self Government department (LSGD) has constituted a committee to monitor biomining at the dumping yard of the Kochi Corporation at Brahmapuram.
An order issued by the department on December 21 said the panel would comprise a senior engineer of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Director of Suchitwa Mission (Solid Waste Management), a professor of the School of Environmental Studies at the Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Superintending Engineer at the Kochi Corporation. The Chief Engineer of the LSGD will be the convener of the committee.
The panel will carry out periodic monitoring of biomining, which was awarded to a Pune-based firm in November after the initial attempt to clear legacy waste failed to achieve target.
