Kochi residents wake up to smog in the city, confusing it with mist or fog
On March 3, when Anoop Tomy woke up, his initial thought was of a misty summer morning in Kochi. Little did he know that it was actually smoke coming from a treatment plant in Brahmapuram where a fire had erupted the day before. This incident later led to a mini exodus from the port city. But Tomy realised the situation soon as news reports informed about a fire at the waste plant and being an Environmental Engineer who has worked in Oman’s Waste Management Department for 7 years, he knew the danger his family, including his two-year-old child, was in. “I Immediately told my parents to pack their bags and we left the city. The reason behind this decision was that I did not want to expose my family and my baby to the harmful carcinogenic pollutants in the smoke emanating from the waste plant,” he told PTI.
