The city Corporation council passed action plans for clean-up of water bodies in the city and for pre-monsoon clean-up activities at a special meeting convened on Saturday.
Councillors of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked out at the fag end of the meeting in protest against comments made by some ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) councillors accusing the BJP councillors of having ulterior motives in leveling baseless criticim against previous clean-up campaigns of the civic body.
The action plan, presented by Health Standing Committee Chairperson P. Jameela Sreedharan, was prepared as part of the State government's Thelineerozhukum Navakeralam campaign to clean up water bodies across the State. The Haritha Keralam Mission, Suchitwa Mission, departments of Health and Water Resources, Kudumbashree, Clean Kerala Company and other agencies will be part of the campaign that will focus on cutting off the dumping of septage and other wastes from households and institutions into water bodies by providing alternative, scientific arrangements.
