KOCHI: Maintenance works on the road stretch from the High Court to Kalamukku will initiated by the district administration next week, District Collector P I Sheik Pareeth said. He was speaking at a workshop organized by Better Kochi Response Group (BKRG) on Saturday. Three projects were launced at the workshop- Zero Waste, Own Vegetables and Road Watching with the support from the Ernakulam District Residents Association Apex Council (EDRAAC) Suchitwa Mission, Kerala Horticulture Mission, Kerala and District Tourism Promotion Council, DTPC. Pareeth said that an amount to the tune of Rs 2 crore has been earmarked for the projects. “The work will be carried out under public monitoring offered by BKRG. District Administration will extend every support to the initiatives charted for the betterment of the people,” he said. The first project to come under discussion was the Waste Zero project. In order to process kitchen wastes at the source itself, BKRG recommends either to produce compost or biogas. “Compost can be made in three pot method of Clean City Kochi using bioculture solution. The space needed for it is just 2 sq ft, it can handle up to 1.5 kilos of kitchen waste a day. The initial cost is just Rs 1,700. For apartments, villas and flats, large sized fibre bins can be used, said S K K Nair, Project Convenor, BKRG. Various other processes were also discussed in the section. Shivdas V Menon, who spoke on the project Own Vegetables, said that with a little additional expense, one can have drip and fertigation systems by which 1000 to 1500 sq ft area can be cultivated without any additional help. Kurien Mathew, Vice President, BKRG also spoke on the various specifications to be looked into while undertaking the maintenance of roads. Architect S Gopakumar introduced the topics for the discussion, Representatives from various residents associations, Suchitwa Mission, Horticulture Mission, District Transport Promotion Council also participated in the function.
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