It has been over six months since residents around the site of the proposed sewage treatment plant (STP) at Avikkal Thodu in Kozhikode Corporation started a fight against the project. Several attempts of the corporation authorities to get them on board have failed.
On the other hand, the corporation is desperate to go ahead with the project as the due date to complete projects under the first phase of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is March 2023.
The Kozhikode Corporation is planning two STPs — one at Avikkal (7 MLD) and another at Kothi (6 MLD) at a cost of ₹139.5 crore. Trouble started when the local people of both fishing villages realised how close the proposed sites are to their living quarters. They demanded that the corporation move it to a less populated area.
