The NGT asked the Greater Chennai Corporation and Tambaram Corporation to complete the underground drainage plan on a war footing and avoid discharging untreated sewage into Puthir Lake.
The NGT asked the Greater Chennai Corporation and Tambaram Corporation to complete the underground drainage plan on a war footing and avoid discharging untreated sewage into Puthir Lake.
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed Tambaram Municipal Corporation and Greater Chennai Corporation to take steps to implement underground drainage scheme in open areas on a war footing to avoid discharge of untreated sewage into Putheri Lake.
The Bench directed the Tambaram Municipal Corporation to effectively implement the Solid Waste Management and Liquid Waste Management Rules.
The Chengalpattu District Collector has asked the Water Resources Department and Tambaram Municipal Corporation to decide the boundary of Putheri lake and conduct a survey. If any encroachments are found in the lake, the authorities should remove them and protect the reservoir.
Apart from installing CCTVs around the lake to identify persons dumping garbage in the lake, the bench directed the Tambaram Corporation Commissioner to register private tanker lorries that collect untreated sewage from residential complexes and residences in the area and these Take steps to install GPS in lorries. ,
The NGT ordered that the corporation should maintain a register to track the movement of such lorries to find out whether they were involved in illegally transporting sewage to water bodies instead of carrying them to sewage treatment plants. , ordered by the NGT.