The Kozhikode Corporation is planning to hunt the assistance of the departments of Port and Harbour Engineering to discover a resolution to the spilling of drain water into the Kozhikode seashore.

Moonnalingal ward councillor Ok. Ramlath had introduced up the problem on the Corporation council on Friday. She identified that two drains that have been imagined to empty into the ocean have been spilling over to the seashore, inflicting public well being threat. An identical drain was current on the South seashore too, one other councillor mentioned.

“Street vendors on the beach are preparing food amid the stink of polluted water. The presence of flies in the area could pose serious health risk,” Ms. Ramlath mentioned, including that although the problem had been dropped at the discover of the Port and Harbour Engineering departments, as they’d a stake on coastal land, nobody was keen to take duty for it.

Mayor Beena Philip pressured the necessity to revamp the drainage system within the metropolis to guard waterbodies. She urged the renovation of drains on the strains of Avikkal Thodu.

“The Corporation shall hold a meeting soon with all stakeholders to resolve the issue,” she added.