The plea alleged that the health inspector of the Cochin Corporation remained a mute spectator and thoroughly failed in discharging his statutory duties.
The Secretary of the Kochi Municipal Corporation informed the Court that as per reports from the staff who are on site, the fire which started on March 2 will be put out completely by the afternoon of March 8.
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A view of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), in New Delhi. File
| Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma “Long stories of all-round failure of the administration are poor substitute for good governance required to enforce environmental rule of law for protection of public health and the environment,” observed the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal while considering the Brahmapuram case in January.
The Bench led by its chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel had said that the “fact remains that the administration is patently a failure in protecting citizens’ right to clean environment, which is in no way less important than the right to live in crime free environment”.