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| PCB directive for zero-effluent |
| Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy says PCB has taken steps for monitoring water quality.
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| INDIA
, 2-January-2007
3:40:21 AM |
| The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has directed 20 industries on the banks of the Periyar to set up zero-discharge systems in two years, Minister for Health P.K. Sreemathy said here on Monday.
Industries which could not achieve zero discharge were asked to reduce the quantum of effluents discharged by them by 80 per cent. Besides, 31 industries were asked to raise their discharge pipes above the water level for better monitoring.
The Minister said the Board had taken steps for continuous monitoring and recording of water quality of the Periyar. Industries were asked to set up online monitoring systems and delay ponds. The blueprint for a common waste processing plant for small industries was ready. Ms. Sreemathy said five bone-meal factories in the Eloor area had been given three months to set up pollution-control systems. A detailed plan to save the Periyar was being prepared to seek Central assistance.
The Board had issued notice to 62 steel industries in Palakkad district to put in place pollution-control measures. Of them, 44 units had been given four months to set up the facilities on the basis of bank guarantees while six units had been asked to close down.
Pollution Control Board Chairman G. Rajamohan said the Board had denied consent to a new iron and sponge unit to operate near the Malampuzha reservoir though `consent to establish' had been given in 2004. He said the Board had issued a show-cause notice to the Travancore Devaswom Board regarding pollution in Sabarimala and Nilackal. The Devaswom Board had responded positively to the notice. The Board had refrained from taking action so far considering the inconvenience that would be caused to the pilgrims. "The situation would go out of control if the present trend continued," he said.
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