Sunday, March 25, 2012 by Arun Mathew
The warriors on Trivandrum's wiki pages will never talk about the city's non-existent but superior waste-management system. However, they might try writing about poor waste-management in the neighboring commercial city of Kochi. Many such people (who never look in their own backyard before looking into those of others) live in the capital city of God's Own Country. When such people rule your city, state or country, how do you expect anything to change? First, look at your own and try to change something, then move on to that of your neighbors'?

A year and a half back, we had seen this

Well, as expected, things just got worse. The
Vilappilsala solid waste-treatment plant on the outskirts of Trivandrum has faced closure and the increasing number of agitations from the local populace means it might never open again. Waste-disposal has become increasingly difficult. If you carry a camera with you, you could probably drive around town all day clicking pictures of ordinary citizens like you and me throwing waste off their bikes and cars in full public view. 


The following picture was clicked while I was getting back home one night. Someone had just thrown out a huge bag of what looks like waste from a slaughter house. 24 hours later, it lay in the same spot!


And they keep comin' back ...

Legal Disclaimer

CONTENT, COPYRIGHTS & IDENTITY
1. ALL CONTENT INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS (UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED) ARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE AUTHORS OF THIS BLOG AND SHOULD NOT BE REPRODUCED OR COPIED WITHOUT PERMISSION AND/OR WITHOUT GIVING DUE CREDIT.
2. CONTENTS/IMAGES/INFORMATION SOURCED FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES ARE GIVEN DUE CREDIT WHEREVER POSSIBLE/NECESSARY.
3. IF YOU HAVE ANY COPYRIGHT-RELATED ISSUES WITH THE CONTENT OF THIS BLOG, PLEASE DROP A COMMENT/E-MAIL WITH THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE.
4. NAMES, LOGOS AND OTHER PROPRIETARY INFORMATION QUOTED IN THIS BLOG ARE PROPERTY OF RESPECTIVE COMPANIES/OWNERS AND ARE MENTIONED HERE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSE ONLY.
5. EVERY PRECAUTION IS TAKEN TO PROTECT THIRD PARTY IDENTITY - IF YOUR NAME/PHOTO HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE ON THIS BLOG, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
ACCURACY OF INFORMATION
7. WHILE EVERY CAUTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TO PROVIDE READERS WITH MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION AND HONEST ANALYSIS, PLEASE USE YOUR DISCRETION BEFORE TAKING ANY DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION/CONTENT OF THIS BLOG. THE CONTENTS OF THIS BLOG MAY BE UNMODERATED AND CONTAINS THE PERSONAL OPINIONS OF ITS AUTHORS AND ALSO READERS WHO MAY POST ENTRIES. THE AUTHOR(S) ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY LOSS/INCONVENIENCE/DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION.
RESEMBLANCE TO CHARACTERS, DEAD OR ALIVE
8. SOME CHARACTERS MAY BE FICTITIOUS AND ANY RESEMBLANCE TO REAL PERSONS, LIVING OR DEAD MAY BE PURELY COINCIDENTAL.
PHOTOGRAPHS
9. UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED, THE PICTURES POSTED ON THIS BLOG HAVE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY THE AUTHOR(S). PICTURES MIGHT EXPOSE THE REALITIES OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND MAY REFLECT ACTUAL HAPPENINGS IN YOUR COUNTRY, STATE, COUNTY, METROPOLITAN AREA, CITY AND IN SOME CASES EVEN VILLAGES. THE AUTHOR(S) DO NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY FEELINGS THAT THIS MAY CAUSE IN YOUR MIND.
VIEWPOINTS
9. OPINIONS AND VIEWPOINTS MENTIONED HERE ARE THE PERSONAL OPINION(S) OF THE AUTHOR AND DOES NOT REFLECT THE OPINIONS OF THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY, WORKMATES AND FRIENDS.
10. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE OR AGREE TO ANY VIEWPOINTS OR CONTENT MENTIONED ON THIS BLOG, PLEASE SEND US E-MAIL AND WHERE DEEMED NECESSARY, WE WILL TRY TO PLEASE YOU. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT (SEND E-MAIL) OR IF YOU STILL FEEL UNHAPPY ABOUT CONTENT, PLEASE CLOSE YOUR BROWSER WINDOW AND DO NOT CONTINUE TO READ THIS BLOG/WEBSITE.
CREDITS
11. COPYRIGHT FOR SOME PARTS OF THIS DISCLAIMER GOES TO SHRINIDHI HANDE.
SUMMARY
THIS IS A PERSONAL BLOG AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE REPRESENT MY OWN AND MY OPEN MIND. IN ADDITION, MY THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS MAY VARY FROM TIME TO TIME; CONSIDER THIS A NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING AN OPEN MIND.
THIS IS A BLOG. THAT FACT MEANS NOTHING. IT IS NOT A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, A FINAL ARCHIVE OF MY WRITING, A SPONSORED PUBLICATION, OR THE PRODUCT OF GATE-KEEPING AND EDITING. THAT DOES MEAN SOMETHING…IT MEANS THAT WHILE THE IDEAS AND THOUTHIS IS A PERSONAL BLOG AND THE VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE REPRESENT MY OWN AND MY OPEN MIND. IN ADDITION, MY THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS MAY VARY FROM TIME TO TIME; CONSIDER THIS A NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING AN OPEN MIND.
THIS IS A BLOG. THAT FACT MEANS NOTHING. IT IS NOT A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL, A FINAL ARCHIVE OF MY WRITING, A SPONSORED PUBLICATION, OR THE PRODUCT OF GATE-KEEPING AND EDITING. THAT DOES MEAN SOMETHING…IT MEANS THAT WHILE THE IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ARE OFTEN VITAL AND THE PRODUCT OF A LONG GESTATIONAL PERIOD, THE WRITING ITSELF IS NOT. IT IS ESSENTIALLY AS IT CAME FROM THE KEYBOARD: SPONTANEOUS, UN-PROOFED, UNREVISED, AND CORRECTED AFTERWARD ONLY WHEN NECESSARY TO ADDRESS MISTAKES THAT GROSSLY AFFECT THE INTENT. WHERE SUCH CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE THEY ARE EXPLICITLY NOTED… GHTS ARE OFTEN VITAL AND THE PRODUCT OF A LONG GESTATIONAL PERIOD, THE WRITING ITSELF IS NOT. IT IS ESSENTIALLY AS IT CAME FROM THE KEYBOARD: SPONTANEOUS, UN-PROOFED, UNREVISED, AND CORRECTED AFTERWARD ONLY WHEN NECESSARY TO ADDRESS MISTAKES THAT GROSSLY AFFECT THE INTENT. WHERE SUCH CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE THEY ARE EXPLICITLY NOTED…