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