Chief Minister launches 'Nirmalam', Kerala's five-year campaign for a fully waste-free State
2 October 2026
Chief Minister V D Satheesan launched 'Nirmalam - A New Era of Clean Keralam', a five-year waste management campaign, at a function in Kochi.
The campaign fixes March 30, 2031 as the date on which Keralam is to be declared a fully waste-free State.
Satheesan said the State should set up two or three model plants for plastic waste disposal and four or five plants for converting ordinary waste into power.
A new project on 12 acres in the Kochi Corporation area was announced, along with large projects in Kozhikode and Kochi supported by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
Waste dumping sites across the State are to be identified within 100 days, and the campaign will run in three phases.
Local Self-Government Minister K M Shaji said the department will set up a dedicated authority for waste disposal, give every local body its own website and put QR codes at local institutions for public feedback.
In plain words
LSGD Local Self-Government Department — The Kerala department in charge of panchayats and municipalities, and of waste management under them.
BPCL Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited — A central public sector oil company; it is backing the large waste projects in Kochi and Kozhikode.