The National Green Tribunal has expressed dissatisfaction over the inordinate delay in taking remedial measures against the pollution of Edappally and Perandoor canals owing to unauthorised discharge of sewage into the waterbodies. The Southern Bench had taken suo motu notice of the report titled ‘Faecal contamination high in Perandoor, Edappally canals’ published in The Hindu on January 28, 2021. The …
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute will carry out a feasibility study on the development of process package treatment method to check pollution of the Pallikkalar stretch in Karunagapally, and Edappally, Perandoor canals in Kochi at an estimated cost of ₹45 lakh. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has given its approval for the project …
A report by the Department of Environment and Climate Change submitted before the National Green Tribunal on the rising faecal contamination in Thevara-Perandoor and Edappally canals has exposed infrastructure gaps in the management of untreated wastewater in Kochi. Several households located close to the canals lack even soak pits/septic tanks, and untreated sewage is being discharged into the waterbodies in …
The dumping of untreated waste water into the Edappally and Perandoor canals continues despite stringent directives from the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal to check the further ecological deterioration of the waterbodies. Pipelines directed into the canals remain a common sight, revealing that untreated waste water is being dumped into the canals. Tests by the State Pollution Control …
