KOCHI: The city is in for a facelift. Maintenance works on the road stretch from the High Court to Kalamukku will be initiated by the district administration next week, district collector P I Sheik Pareeth said. He was speaking at a workshop organised by Better Kochi Response Group (BKRG) on Saturday.Three projects were launched 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. It needs a space of 2 sq ft and can handle upto 1.5 kg of kitchen waste a day. The initial cost is just `1700. For apartments, villas and flats, large sized fibre bins can be used, said S K K Nair, project convener, BKRG. Various other processes were also discussed in the section. Shivdas V Menon, who spoke on Own Vegetables project, 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. BKRG vice president Kurien Mathew also spoke on various specifications to be looked into while undertaking the maintenance of roads. Architect S Gopakumar introduced the topics for the discussion.
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