Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chandran Pillai N & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/01/2019 regarding disposal of solid waste in Kollam, Kerala.

NGT expressed its dissatisfaction with the Status Report submitted by the Kollam Corporation and pointed out that there was no concrete proposal made out by the Corporation as to how the legacy waste is going to be removed as per the norms provided under the present rule. They have also not mentioned anything about the present quantity and time required for bio mining and also the manner in which they are going to remove the reject after bio mining.

The National Green Tribunal directs the Kollam Corporation to submit a detailed affidavit showing the manner in which the legacy waste has to be disposed of and time required for disposal of the same and also the manner in which they intend to deposit the reject after bio mining and also the steps taken by them for finding out an alternative site for establishing the unit within a period of one month.