A drastic change in approach to waste management in Kerala is on the cards with the ₹2,400-crore Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP), partly funded by the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), set to get off the ground next week.
Covering all 87 municipalities and six Corporations in the State, the project will take a hybrid approach, with a mix of decentralised and centralised waste management measures, compared to the predominantly decentralised approach being followed at present.
Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh told The Hindu that the focus would be on building the infrastructure for waste management at the urban local body level as well as at a wider, regional level over the project period which would last till 2027.