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Villagers in Thazhekadu in Thrissur district in Kerala under threat from a
plastic company
This is about a 4 crore plastic bag company being set up in a village in
Thrissur. The company is called *Thomson Industries Ltd. * Address:
Thazhekkadu Post, Thrissur District Kerala-680697
According an RTI filed by the villagers with the district pollution board,
the company will produce 30 thousand plastic bags (sacks) a day using 5
tonne plastic. 100 people will be employed under 3 shifts. Granules will be
used to make the bags and 8000 litre water will be needed daily and the data
given by the board says 10 per cent of waste will be generated and it doesnt
say where will this waste go.
The company is in Thazhekkadu and a long irrigation canal separates a
cluster of houses and the company. Villagers say the company will flow the
waste into this canal and will pollute the ground water and soil. The area
falls within Aloor panchayat (CPI-M), under Mukundapuram taluka in Thrissur
district. The new factory is coming on a thickly populated area, and
another paint-chemical firm Pigments India Ltd has been functioning close to
the area for the last 20 years, polluting the environment and contributing
diseases like Asthma to the villagers.
The current unit is owned by a local Christian business group who are also
one among the biggest poultry businesses in south India. The chicken farm is
registered under the name Anna Broilers and located in Kombodinjamakkal on
Thrissur-Mala route.
Now the villagers have formed an action council and asked the company to
reveal the cause. A few villagers had given signatures of consent to the
company who in fact hoodwinked them by saying that the unit would be a sack
stitching unit, not a production centre. The villagers are a bit anxious
over the project especially since they are being discouraged by the local
authorities and a group of other influential people. But the village action
council has a mix of people from all the political parties. And they need
public support.
*Mahesh-local activist-09995322707* *Aloor Panchyat-0480-2720242*
*District Industry Centre-0487-2360847*
*Kerala State Pollution Control board Thrissur -0487- 2380689*
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