DC directs KSPCB to prevent flow of sewage into Nandini river near Chelairu within a week
The HinduDakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M.P. Mullai Muhilan on Saturday, March 1, directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to take all possible steps to prevent flow of untreated sewage into River Nandini near Chelairu, off Kochi-Panvel National Highway 66. He was responding to the river pollution issue raised by Moodbidri MLA Umanath Kotian at the district development coordination and mointoring committee meeting chaired by Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta here. When a KSPCB official said the board had issued a show cause notice to MCC and could issue one to the medical college, Mr. Kotian erupted saying if the Pollution Control Board was really functional, the river water would not have turned blackish. MCC Commissioner Ravichandra Naik and Superintending Engineer Naresh Shenoy maintained that the corporation was letting out secondary treated sewage into the river and it does not cause pollution.
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