Hello
381results for ""
The NGT pulled up the Kerala Government over the disastrous fire at Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant that led to severe air pollution in the city of Kochi.
The tribunal held the government responsible for the fire, the delay in putting it out and the resultant threat to public health.
Today, waste disposal at the source is poor and the centralised dumps have become the biggest health hazard in Kerala.
The Local Self Government Department (LSGD) and Pollution Control Board (PCB) said that CSIR would be their partner in Research and Development.
The EG probe would cover a wide range of issues from the causes that led to the fire and various operational issues to the history of waste management in Kochi.
The terms were revised by giving concessions to entities that take part in the tender as a consortium and also accepting experience of carrying out the work abroad as a qualifying condition.
While considering the suo motu case on the fire and smoke from the Brahmapuram waste yard, the court said plastic waste is increasing even in spots like Munnar.
The fire, the biggest and the longest in Brahmapuram’s infamous history of summer blazes, occurred on March 2, 2023.
Acid rain denotes any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms.
Tonnes of unsegregated waste have formed mounds of garbage in the plant.