Green panel seeks report on drainage

The bench impleaded the chief secretary and the State Pollution Control Board in the case

By :  rohit raj
Update: 2015-06-14 05:59 GMT
The petitioner sought a directive to restrain a hotel in Kochi from discharging sewage and effluents directly into a pond or any public places.

Kochi: The National Green Tribunal has asked the state to file a status report on  drainage  in the entire state and the steps taken by it in the wake of the   Supreme Court directions.  

The NGT expressed  surprise that the problem of drainage had been persisting in the state for the last several years.

As per the state government, there is an order of the Supreme Court for taking steps regarding the drainage. But unfortunately, it has not been obeyed fully, the NGT observed.

A two-member bench comprising judicial member Justice P. Jyothimani and expert member R. Nagendran was considering a plea filed by the president, Green Garden Residents Association, Kakkanad.

The bench impleaded the chief secretary and the State Pollution Control Board in the case.  

The petitioner sought  a directive to restrain a hotel in Kochi from discharging sewage and effluent directly into a pond or any public places.  

The bench observed that there were materials to show that the hotel had been disposing of the untreated effluents into the water body.

The hotel, however, said that a building constructed for  housing the employees had been dismantled and that no untreated effluents had  been discharged into the pond.

The petitioner alleged that the action of hotel amounted to violation of all laws.

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