Kozhikode: A garbage water purifying plant set up at the Kozhikode Medical College will be inaugurated on Monday by Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi.The plant is expected to put an end to the environmental problems faced by Mayanad and surroundings.
The project was initially intended to collect garbage water produced at the Medical College Hospital, hostels and quarters, purify it using advanced technology and divert the treated water to Connolly Canal.
Protests
However, the Water Authority could not complete the work of the pipeline to carry water to the canal owing to protests from local people, through whose land the pipeline was proposed to pass.
After many debates, it was decided that only a few institutions on the hospital premises be connected to the plant and the purified water be used for gardening on an experimental basis, as a measure to create awareness among local people. Once the work of the pipeline is completed, all buildings in the hospital will be connected to the plant and the water remaining after reuse in the hostels will be diverted to the canal.
The plant, with a capacity of 20 lakh litres, and the pipeline that connects the hospitals with it, were built by Hindustan Pre-fab Ltd, under the Central Department of Urban Development. Around Rs.6.4 crore was spent for its construction. The pipeline from the plant to Connolly Canal is built by Kerala Water Authority, and is expected to cost around Rs.2.24 crore.
New ward
A girls' hostel for the Dental College and a new ward for the Department of Mental Health will also be inaugurated on the occasion. MLA P.M.A.Salam will preside over the function.
Source: The Hindu,16-8-2010
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