It follows NGT rap on bureaucrats for the poor state of affairs at the waste dumping yard
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has sought the advice of the Environment Department in entrusting the Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society (ULCCS) with the proposed drone mapping of the solid waste dumping site of the Kochi Corporation at Brahmapuram.
The total station survey using drones is done to ascertain the exact volume of waste lying at the site. The board has sought the department’s response in handing over the drone study to UL Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of ULCCS. It is part of the follow-up steps being initiated after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) warned of stringent action against bureaucrats responsible for the sorry state of affairs at Brahmapuram.
Board officials said the aerial survey using unmanned vehicles would provide high-resolution…