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District Collector R. Sukumar has instructed the Corporation authorities and the heads of different civic bodies to slap good connected those who dump discarded successful the Tamirabharani river.
As the discarding of aged apparel successful the Tamirabharani astatine Papanasam by the devotees visiting Sri Papanasa Swami Temple aft taking dip successful the stream arsenic the people of washing disconnected their sins and the uncontrolled mixing of sewage from the habitations connected the banks of the stream are causing superior pollution, Dr. Sukumar visited the contamination points astatine Papanasam recently. He, portion appealing to the devotees to discard their aged apparel lone successful designated spots for casual removal of this waste, had instructed the Vickramasingapuram municipality to enforce good connected the polluters of the stream and taxable a study successful this connection.
During the gathering held astatine the Collectorate connected Monday evening to reappraisal the enactment taken against the polluters and the steps initiated for preventing contamination of the Tamirabharani, Mr.. Sukumar asked the officials to taxable reports successful this connection.
The Vickramasingapuram municipality officials replied that ₹26,000 had been collected arsenic good from the polluters of Tamirabharani successful the past 4 days.
Mr. Sukumar said the municipality section bodies specified arsenic Vickramasingapuram, Ambasamudram, Mukkoodal, different civic bodies connected the slope of the river, habitations similar Mela Naththam, Karuppanthurai, C.N. Village, Vannarpet, Manimurtheeswaram, Arugankulam and Naranammalpuram should deploy teams to cheque dumping of discarded successful the Tamirabharani.
“This enactment should commencement from Tuesday to prevention the stream that supplies drinking h2o to lakhs of population. In Tirunelveli Corporation, the polluters should beryllium fined from ₹500 to ₹2,000 and the Corporation should proceed to show the polluters,” Mr. Sukumar said.
Corporation Commissioner Monika Rana, District Revenue Officer M. Durai, Joint Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department Kavitha Priyadharshini, Executive Engineer of Water Resources R. Govindaraju and others participated successful the meeting.
