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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) is yet to comply with a directive issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to hole biology compensation connected those liable for the contamination of the Kadambrayar successful Ernakulam.
An bid issued by the Southern Bench of the tribunal comprising Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member, and Prashant Gargava, Expert Member, connected February 19, 2026 had directed the PCB to measure the biology compensation payable by violators. The Bench besides directed the committee to guarantee compliance with the enactment taken study submitted by the Local Self-Government section (LSGD) regarding the contamination of the river.
The Ernakulam territory bureau of the committee stated that a determination remained pending connected the contented of fixing biology compensation. Senior committee officials said that earlier inspections had recovered that immoderate concern units, flat complexes, hotels, and commercialized units located adjacent to the banks of the waterbody were liable for the amerciable discharge of untreated water. Most erring units were recovered lacking successful capable facilities to process wastewater. Clarity is expected soon connected biology compensation, and required measures volition beryllium initiated arsenic per the tribunal’s directive, they said.
The Southern Bench has posted the substance for reporting compliance connected June 22, 2026 aft making an reflection that the committee is yet to comply with its February 2026 order. The biology compensation volition beryllium fixed based connected the ‘polluter pays principle’. The committee has to enactment retired the magnitude based connected the quantum of discarded generated by violators.
The LSGD had precocious directed the secretaries of section bodies, including the Kochi Corporation, Thrikkakara municipality, and Edathala, Kunnathunadu and Kizhakkambalam grama panchayats, to enforce penalties and initiate further ineligible proceedings against violators. These civic bodies had initiated remedial measures arsenic portion of enactment plans prepared to reconstruct the polluted stream to its archetypal condition.
