The Forest department issued a notice to the Munnar panchayat demanding immediate steps to manage the waste at the panchayat-owned waste treatment plant at Kallar, near Munnar.
Munnar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ramesh Bishnoi told The Hindu that the Forest department had issued a notice to Munnar panchayat secretary asking the local body to take immediate steps to manage the plastic waste.
According to officials, tusker Padayappa and other wild animals had entered the premises of the waste treatment plant. Last month, Padayappa broke into a waste treatment plant run by the Munnar panchayat at Kallar and ate vegetable leftovers. After repeated attacks, the panchayat fixed a grill in front of the waste treatment plant. But the tusker destroyed the gate and ate waste that was stored inside the plant.
