Twelve apartment complexes along Edappally and Perandoor canals will face prosecution proceedings for not complying with directives issued by the authorities against illegal discharge of untreated waste water into the waterbodies. The prosecution proceedings will be initiated by the Kochi Corporation after the residents’ associations failed to either pay fine or initiate rectification measures, including installing sewage treatment plants or …
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 …
