The Department of Environment has asked the departments/agencies implementing waste management projects to designate an official as nodal officer to ensure the proper submission of action plans through inter-departmental co-ordination.
The recommendation comes close on the heels of an observation by the Central Monitoring Committee under the Ministry of Jal Shakti that there was a huge gap in the facilities for treatment of solid and liquid waste in the State.
The Environment department has informed that there was a lack of coordination among the departments of Local Self-Government, Water Resources, Industries, Kerala Water Authority, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, and the Kerala State Solid Waste Management Project in sharing data related to the progress made in four areas including sewage management, various projects related to the implementation of sewage treatment plant/faecal sludge treatment plant/common effluent treatment plan and solid waste management. The stakeholders have to address the gaps by coming up with a proper action with time line, it said.
