The people’s collective that is protesting against the setting up of a sewage treatment plant (STP) at Vellayil has termed as baseless the claims made by the Kozhikode Corporation after a recent all-party meeting.
Davood T., the chairman of the collective, told reporters here on Monday that the efforts of the civic body were an eyewash and that the local people were far from convinced. The collective has also gathered a set of 25 signatures of representatives of various political, social and religious organisations in the region against the STP project. Mr. Davood said the collective would stage a day-night protest on March 28 and 29, pressing their demand to shift the STP from Avikkal Thodu.
Mayor Beena Philip, in a press release after the all-party meeting on March 10, had claimed that the representatives of all political parties had agreed to work together for the STP project and that the Corporation would take steps to convince the local people by clarifying their doubts regarding the project.
