Are all the cleanup activities in Kerala’s prime tourist destinations just pomp and photo-ops?

D Dhanuraj, the chairman of CPPR comments

D Dhanuraj pointed out that the problem of waste accumulation in tourist areas was compounded by the government’s decision to rely solely on Haritha Karma Sena for waste management.

“This invariably paved the way for the slow death of other agencies which were tasked with keeping our cities clean”, he was quoted as saying.

He further emphasized that Haritha Karma Sena does not have the expertise nor the bandwidth to cater to the complete waste management of a city.

“Ideally, what the government should have done is rope in all these institutions and devise a protocol to ensure some uniformity. Now, without their support, our waste garbage crisis is only going to mount in a few years,” he had said.

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