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Officials of Pollution Control Board from the Centre, Kerala and Karnataka collected soil and water samples from the hilly area.
5,000 litres of a chemical, reportely containing Ammonia, flowed into a network of streams following an accident.
The DTPC was forced to close down its STP at H Block in 2019 after the PCB found flaws in its functioning.
The Cola major had stopped production at Plachimada in Palakkad in 2005 after heavily polluting the village.
Special squads have been formed across the state to detect violations in waste management.
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board, which has been critical of the way the waste dump yard functions has also decided to send samples of air, water and soil of Brahmapuram for tests.
The court observed that all laws regarding solid waste treatment were broken at Brahmapuram.
According to experts, several chemicals have been spreading at dangerous levels in Kochi’s atmosphere over the last two months.
The committee will have the district collector, members of the Legal Service Authority and officials of the Pollution Control Board as members.
The irritating smoke generated from the plant has forced the state government to urge the people of its neighbourhood to stay indoors on Sunday as a precaution against the unhealthy smog.