Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: Instagram BBC News with regard to Coastal Pollution on Marina Beach, Chennai dated 08/09/2020.
A report was submitted by a Joint Committee of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Municipal Corporation, Chennai and the Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on the matter of huge collection of foam at Marina Beach, Chennai.
Reasons for frothing of the sea:
The report said that TNPCB would monitor the CSTPs at Nesapakkam so as to avoid recurrence of sea foam at the confluence point of River Adyar. Moreover, the flow meters installed at CSTPs would be connected to TNPCB online monitoring system for effective monitoring.
Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) was reviewing the performance of the works carried out by the CRRT regularly. The action plan of the CRRT involves abatement of pollution, eviction of encroachments, plugging of sewer in-falls providing interceptors and diversion arrangements, modular sewage treatment plants, widening and deepening of waterways.
Taking into consideration the joint committee report, the NGT directed the TNPCB to strictly monitor the sources of pollution, including the illegal release of sewage or other effluents from STP/CETP in coordination with concerned authorities.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/order-national-green-tribunal-regarding-coastal-pollution-marina-beach-chennai-tamil-nadu
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/marine-pollution-Chennai-NGT-order.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-t
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/court
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0