Smriti Kak Ramachandran

He promises to raise the problem during Cabinet meetings

neglect: Continuing flow of effluents into water bodies has prompted Minister for Public Works and Law Durai Murugan to suggest invocation of National Security Act or Goondas Act against those responsible for it.

KARUR: Stringent criminal penal action will be taken against those found discharging polluting substances into the river systems and water sources in the State, according to PWD Minister Durai Murugan.

The Karnaphuli River, considered as the lifeline to business activities for both the hill people and the flatlanders in the country's far east region, is dying due to mindless encroachment, dumping of industrial and clinical wastes, and lack of maintenance.

Cries to protect river Sal from decay reverberated on the banks of the river at Khareband on World Environment Day as concerned activists and residents teamed up to save the once lifeline of Salcete.

Industrial effluents flowing into the Kuzhikandam creek at Eloor/P K Jeevan Jose.
Anil S

The lifeline of Salcete

June 4: Climatic conditions in the state are clearly worsening. In fact, environmentalists say that the state capital is the sixth worst polluted city in the country.
Alarmingly, the Krishna and Godavari rivers, that contribute around 90 per cent of the state

Paribesh Bachao Andolan (PBA) yesterday urged the government to form a high-powered commission to save rivers from encroachment and pollution and to increase navigability across the country.

The demand rose at a PBA sit-in programme in front of Krishi Bank Bhaban in Motijheel. They also formed a human chain as a part of the programme.