Thiruvananthapuram: A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) stated that 70 slaughterhouses in 22 municipal corporations of the state are operating without the approval of the pollution control board. On an average, around 6.12 tonne garbage is produced from these slaughterhouses. 

Liquid wastes from 139 restaurants are discharged into streams and canals. No inspections were carried out to even renew the licence of the slaughterhouses, stated the report. 

As many as 13 municipalities did not collect biomedical waste, in connection with palliative care activities, from households. Many places do not have sufficient facilities to dispose sanitary waste too. 

According to the report, out of 143 cattle that died after eating garbage, 47 of them succumbed due to plastic ingestion.