With night surveillance of the coastline on the decline, beaches in the city are fast turning into a waste dump. Festivals make the situation worse, with waste safely dumped under the cover of darkness.

On Saturday, plastic and food waste was found dumped on the beach adjacent to the Gandhi Road junction. The cleaning staff of the city Corporation also seemed to give the beach a miss.

Street vendors along the main beach say waste is mostly brought here from venues of private parties and social gatherings. Food and other waste from wedding celebrations too are dumped in the sea, they say.

Night vigil on the beach is insufficient to dissuade anti-social elements. Only two or three security personnel are posted to guard several kilometres of the coastline.

Rajeesh V.T, an employee of a hotel on the beachside, says some groups of people bring large quantities of food and have it on the beach, but leave bundles of waste behind. We have come across instances wherein beachgoers have warned such groups and asked them to take back the waste, he says.

Sameer Ahmed and K.V. Faisal, who regularly frequent the city beaches, say even a small quantity of waste thrown by visitors can spoil the beaches as hundreds of people come there every day. The cleaning workers of the Corporation are finding it difficult to collect the garbage daily as the quantity is on the increase, they say.

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Kozhikode beaches not spared of garbage