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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) volition initiate further steps connected the deficiency of sewage attraction plants (STPs) successful flat complexes and commercialized units successful Kochi based connected the result of the nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) filed by the Apartment Owners Apex Association (Kerala) earlier the Kerala High Court.
The committee had earlier sent notices to 71 flat complexes and commercialized units located adjacent to the Thevara-Perandoor and Edappally canals for not having STPs. The Kerala State Electricity Board had issued powerfulness disconnection notices to the units based connected the board’s recommendation.
PCB officials said lone a fewer flat complexes had initiated enactment connected mounting up STPs aft receiving the notices. A bulk of flat associations had yet to guarantee compliance arsenic they were awaiting the result of the PIL. Till then, they would not initiate immoderate further steps, they said.
In its affidavit, the relation had quoted a Government Order dated May 10, 2025, that referred to the constitution of STPs, sewer network, sanitation facilities, and coagulated discarded absorption arsenic components of the Integrated Urban Regeneration and Water Transport System (IURWTS) task for the improvement of canals successful Kochi.
The mounting up of 4 STPs astatine Vennala, Muttar, Perandoor, and Elamkulam and the connected sewer lines catering to the minimum requirements of canals were included successful the task astatine a outgo of ₹393.13 crore.
The PIL had said that the sewer networking projected by the Kochi Corporation/Kerala Water Authority would beryllium completed by the clip each of the aged flat complexes completed the formalities and obtained consent to run STPs.
