Ensure proper treatment of sewage at Kaloor stadium, NGT tells Kochi Corporation, GCDA
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‘Poor condition of treatment plant resulted in sewage being discharged into nearby drains’
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‘Poor condition of treatment plant resulted in sewage being discharged into nearby drains’ The National Green Tribunal has asked the Kochi Corporation and the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) to carry out the directions given by the State Pollution Control Board for the effective management of waste generated at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium complex in Kaloor.
The Southern Bench of the Tribunal comprising Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta gave the direction while disposing of a petition filed by the Lawyers’ Environmental Awareness Forum, stating that the poor condition of the sewage treatment plant installed at the stadium had resulted in sewage being discharged into the nearby drains, in violation of norms an
PCB team to visit HMT premises to probe illegal waste dumping
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Waste dumped on land owned by the firm caught fire last week
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Waste dumped on land owned by the firm caught fire last week The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will probe illegal waste dumping on the HMT Machine Tools premises in Kalamassery.
A team from the board’s surveillance centre in Eloor is likely to visit the site on Monday. The board has taken suo motu notice of media reports on the illegal dumping and burning of waste, leading to smoke billowing out to nearby areas.
Kochi Corporation will encourage decentralised waste management, says Mayor
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‘Repair work on roads, pavements to be completed by March’
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‘Repair work on roads, pavements to be completed by March’ Mayor M. Anilkumar has said that the Kochi Corporation will encourage decentralised waste management and focus on managing waste at the source to reduce its volume.
The waste management facility at Brahmapuram would be inspected soon, he said. The Mayor said he hoped to make the city a “clean, green and healthy” one.
Mr. Anilkumar added that repair work on roads and pavements would be completed by March. Help would be sought from the police, and educational and religious institutions to maintain the roads that the corporation would repair and beautify.