The special enforcement squads formed to check illegal waste dumping in Ernakulam district are trailing in the number of inspections conducted since March 2023 compared to the units in most other districts in Kerala.
Ernakulam is placed 10th among the districts in the number of inspections held across local bodies in the last six months. Despite having two special squads, the district authorities have not been able to match the number of inspections conducted by squads in other districts, including Kozhikode, Alappuzha and Kottayam, according to the official figures available with the Local Self-Government department.
The total number of inspections conducted by the two squads in Ernakulam was 961 from March 23 to September 30. The two special squads deployed in Kozhikode conducted about 6,700 inspections in the corresponding period, while a single squad in Alappuzha held around 3,015 inspections to catch violators. Kottayam has two special squads and held around 2, 259 inspections.
