The Pollution Control Board reported that the situation in Brahmapuram is bad.
Kochi:
Taking serious note of the administration’s failure to deal with the still-smoldering fire at the Brahmapuram waste plant, the Kerala High Court on Friday appointed a committee to monitor the situation.
The committee includes the Ernakulam District Collector, officials from the Pollution Control Board and the secretary of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority.
A bench of Justice SV Bhatti and Justice Basant Balaji directed the Chief Secretary of the state to inform the court in detail about the steps taken by the government to deal with the issue.
The High Court also directed the government to prepare an action plan to deal with solid waste treatment.
When the matter was taken up, the court sought to know the present status of issues related to smoke and noted that judges and court staff were facing headaches due to pollution in the air.
The Pollution Control Board reported that the situation in Brahmapuram was bad as the wind was blowing from the sea towards the land area.
The High Court directed the government to take steps to deal with the health problems arising out of non-transportation of waste from the city of Kochi.
Meanwhile, Congress MLA Uma Thomas filed a petition in the High Court seeking deployment of a National Disaster Management Response Team in Brahmapuram.
In his petition, Thomas alleged that the government and the municipal corporation have failed to address the dire situation affecting the lives of the people in the area.
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