{"id":8326,"date":"2013-02-25T13:59:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T08:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=8326"},"modified":"2013-02-25T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T08:56:52","slug":"garbage-a-major-issue-in-this-years-attukal-pongala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/garbage-a-major-issue-in-this-years-attukal-pongala\/","title":{"rendered":"Garbage a major issue at this year&#8217;s Attukal Pongala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though arrangements for the <a title=\"Trivandrum geared up for Attukal Pongala\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/trivandrum-geared-up-for-attukal-pongala\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attukal Pongala<\/a> are progressing, the trash pile at Attakulangara by-pass is still a worrying factor.<\/p>\n<p>After the shutdown of the vilappilsala solid waste management factory, Attakulangara by-pass and nearby area has become a dumping zone for garbage. Now the place is occupied by stray dogs and scavenger birds and their numbers are increasing. Recently a major fire broke out in the garbage heap at Attakulangara bypass road that took hours to put out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8353\" title=\"attakulangara garbage waste  trivandrum\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/02\/attakulangara-garbage-waste-trivandrum-699x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attakulangara-garbage-waste-trivandrum-699x466.jpg 699w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attakulangara-garbage-waste-trivandrum-222x148.jpg 222w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attakulangara-garbage-waste-trivandrum.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8352\" title=\"attukal attakulangara garbage waste problem trivandrum\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum-699x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum-699x466.jpg 699w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum-222x148.jpg 222w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8354\" title=\"attukal ponkala waste problem trivandrum corporation\" src=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-699x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-699x466.jpg 699w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-222x148.jpg 222w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8326 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-e1361781830373.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-e1361781830373-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-attakulangara-garbage-waste-problem-trivandrum-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attakulangara-garbage-waste-trivandrum-225x227.jpg 225w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attakulangara-garbage-waste-trivandrum-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-225x227.jpg 225w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-waste-problem-trivandrum-corporation-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-attakkulangara-waste-garbage.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-attakkulangara-waste-garbage-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-attakkulangara-waste-garbage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-attakkulangara-waste-garbage-225x227.jpg 225w, https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2013\/02\/attukal-ponkala-attakkulangara-waste-garbage-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is hoped that a major portion of piled up garbage will be removed today. The city Corporation has begun a cleaning drive in the 29 wards designated as Attukal Pongala festival area. The area near Chala has been accorded top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though arrangements for the Attukal Pongala are progressing, the trash pile at Attakulangara by-pass is still a worrying factor. After the shutdown of the vilappilsala solid waste management factory, Attakulangara by-pass and nearby area has become a dumping zone for garbage. Now the place is occupied by stray dogs and scavenger birds and their numbers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[452],"class_list":["post-8326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-trivandrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}