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    Points:5

    Brahmapuram Fire: Kochi is engulfed in toxic smoke

    The current condition of the people of Kochi in Kerala is like being trapped in a gas chamber. Following the fire at the Brahmapuram waste plant, Kochi, the metro city of Kerala, sank in toxic fumes. Can't even open windows and doors. People here are suffering a lot because of the smoke and smell of burnt plastic. Many people are in hospital due to cough and shortness of breath. Kochi and its surrounding areas are covered in toxic fumes that cause many health problems. The more you try to put out the fire, the more it flares up again and again. The garbage dump is about one hundred and ten acres. The fire spread over seventy acres. Even after many days, this has not been resolved. Many people have left their flats and moved to other places. Young children, pregnant women, and elderly people are also advised to be very careful. Here in my house, I have a ninety-two-year-old mother, a one-year-old child, and my son's wife, who is seven months pregnant. We are not in a position to move here and there. It's been eleven days since I started sitting with windows and doors closed, thinking that the noxious fumes and the smell of burnt plastic will disappear today or tomorrow. This smoke has become a biggerr disaster than Corona.

    We have heard so many ways for waste management. From here, ministers and others go to many countries and conduct studies on waste management and so on. But in Kerala, it does not implement anything. Kochi city is full of garbage. Will there ever be a solution to this?
  • #770360

    Points:5
    Waste Management is a big subject. There are ways and means to treat the waste and see that there will be no hazards to anyone. But the treatment should be done carefully and all the precautions to be taken without any concession. But unfortunately, some accidents like this are happening. But when we go to the root cause again it will go back to human failure only.
    As per the latest news the fire is now controlled after a week and now slowly the environment may come to normal. It may take another week to 10 days for the effect to go.
    The state government should form a committee of experts and find out the reason for this fire and prevent actions that should be taken so that there will not be any such incidents in future. There is some news finding fault with the company that is handling the waste management plant. Facts are to be known.
    There is no way out for the people of Cochin except to sit inside. If somebody wants to go out should use an oxygen canister and breath from it instead of breathing atmospheric air.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #770370

    Points:4
    A major fire at the Brahmapuram waste plant in Kerala's Kochi has left residents suffocated thanks to toxic fumes that have enveloped the city since 2nd March. Kochi is facing heavy air pollution due to toxic fumes from burning plastic waste even as efforts to extinguish the fire continue with the Kerala Fire Force. Indian Navy and Indian Air Force have now started taking the major role to extinguish the fire at the waste plant. The people of Kochi have been subjected to toxic air for ten days or so.
    The so-called people-friendly State Government of Kerala has spectacularly failed to sort out the emergency, just like it had failed to contain Covid in 2020 and in 2021.
    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #770373

    Points:1
    Garbage has been piled up here for many years. The waste is like a mountain about forty feet high. Lots of money the officials are cheating in the name of waste management. No waste treatment is ever done here. There is no point in blaming the current government alone. All governments are responsible for this. If the waste management had been done in the right way at the right time, such a big disaster would not have happened now. The government is trying hard to put out the fire. But the fire has spread and cannot be extinguished. It is also said that someone has done it on purpose.

    Kerala has the best government in India which has handled Corona in the best way. Even today we the Keralites cannot forget how the then-health minister K.K Shailaja saved the people of Kerala from the coronavirus pandemic. I think Partha seems unaware that in June 2020, the United Nations honored K.K Shailaja, the former Health Minister of Kerala, for her efforts done to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

  • #770376

    Points:4
    Garbage accumulated over Kochi is reflecting the mismanagement of its handling over years and the obnoxious smell emitting out of it from the fire is the indicative of oozing out poisonous gases coupled with free movement of dust particles to the extent that it could make the people sick ultimately.
    The job has been entrusted to a company for handling this issue and to see its positive results, it could take at least a couple of weeks and if the results are not favourable within the stipulated period, this could be assigned to another company which the committee would recommend ultimately. Hope that they would be benefited immensely under the guidance of the present chief minister.

  • #770393

    Points:4
    Sobha Wilson Madam has mentioned about the UN award bestowed upon K. K Shailaja when she was the health minister of Kerala in June 2020.. I do know all the so-called liberals went ga-ga over her award (recommended by themselves) and the so-called successful Kerala model. But I also know the terrible condition of Kerala, ironically immediately after she received this award. The data speak everything. BTW, I also know how Nipah virus caused havoc in Kerala, that also during the tenure of Shailaja Madam.

    I also know that Shailaja-master has been replaced by the ineffective Veena George Madam.

    {Edited- The author is once again advised to be careful while enjoying his love for adjectives.}
    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #770394

    Points:1
    Partha,
    In this thread here we have to discuss the Brahmapuram waste management and the problems faced there. I feel that the discussion is going another way. Let's end this here.

    Since you wrote about the Kerala government's failure to fight the coronavirus, I had to write about the good things done by the then-health minister and the Kerala government. It is well known that K.K Shailaja won again with the largest majority and the LDF government came to power for the second time. The second government was formed with more newcomers as ministers under an experienced chief minister. In it not only Shailaja, the teacher but many other prominent people were left out. Isn't it good to give newbies a chance?

  • #770396

    Points:5
    It is an unfortunate event and it clearly shows that our capability of garbage handling is very poor. In my knowledge it is not only in Kerala that it is happening but there are many other garbage handling places where we are suffering with inefficiency and lack of knowledge. Though this fire and production of noxious gases is the first of its kind but it can happen in other places also. This type of problems require a national level thinking and high order solutions.
    Environmental safety is a very big concern today. I am reminded of the Bhopal Gas tragedy where the poisonous gas leak from a plant killed so many people and injured a large number of population in the surrounding area. So whether it is an industry or garbage disposal or any other activity where there is a danger of environmental pollution the agencies have to take great care and precautions.
    India is a big country and we are creating a lot of garbage every day and it is not an easy task to dispose and handle that in such a big proportion. Such mammoth tasks require political will and citizens cooperation.
    Government gives sufficient funds for disposal and handling of the garbage but unfortunately the implementing agencies are not very serious about it and there is some pilferage of money also due to the corrupt practices everywhere in our country.
    The common people are the sufferers in such cases
    Knowledge is power.

  • #770398

    Points:4
    1. In actuality, it would be appropriate to call it as a Brahmapuram Waste Dumping Yard rather than Brahmapuram Waste Treatment Plant.
    2. The truth is that, Brahmapuram Waste Treatment Plant is incapable of handling all the waste that daily arrive at the yard.
    3. Fire broke out at Brahmapuram Waste Dumping Yard and local authorities failed to extinguish the fire even after ten days.
    4. The people of Kochi (a very beautiful city which impressed me a lot) have been enduring extremely toxic air.
    5. The state authority has spectacularly failed. Indian Air Force and Indian Navy are now doing the needful.
    6. Best wishes to the fire-fighters and my prayers for the hapless citizens of Kochi, especially for the old people, children and sick.
    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #770401

    Points:1
    The Kerala government is making intensive efforts round the clock to quell the smoke. Even the opposition in this place has accepted the current actions. There is not even a strike going on here saying that no work is being done to extinguish the smoke. The process of extinguishing the fire is nearing its final stage. Although the fire is mostly out, the smoke is still there. The work is done in many shifts 24-hour for under the leadership of the district collector. Currently, 200 firemen, 18 excavator operators, 68 civil defense personnel, 55 Cochin Corporation employees, 48 home guards, six policemen, five from the Navy, two from BPCL, three from CIAL (Cochin International Airport) and four from the revenue department are on the mission. An ambulance and a six-member medical team are on the spot. One foam tender unit, 18 fire units, 18 excavators, and high-pressure pumps are being used for smoke extinguishing operations.

    Even if the fire and smoke die down, what is needed now is a permanent solution to the Brahmapuram problem. Administrators are responsible for solving it. If there are no solutions here, models from abroad should be adopted. Let's avoid becoming a group of individuals who only level accusations, placing the entire blame on the ruling government.

  • #770410

    Points:5
    Its unfortunate what is happening and I hope that the situation is quickly bought under control. Waste Management has to be managed very effectively and it should start right from our homes. Implement good practices, start with the smaller villages and gradually expand it throughout the entire country. It looks like an impossible tasks, but start small and it is definitely possible, it might take years, but it needs to start somewhere.

    Also, mentioning something about Covid management, during the peak covid times, I had to live in three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, Among, all these three states, Kerala had handled it very well. They were very proactive in tracing and isolating, Maharashtra had very good administration, they really took care of the people in the state.

    The worst was in UP, I witnessed many painful scenarios, which was not even shown in the news. They kept praising the government, ignoring the ground reality except for few media channels.

    Covid related discussion is irrelevant to this thread, but since it was mentioned in the discussion, I felt compelled to mention about it.

    Being in Kerala during those time, I can testify that it was very well handled during those times. I am not a supporter of the ruling party in Kerala but I acknowledge that they indeed did a good job.


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