Concern over drinking water contamination
The Hindu
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday said that there is no response from the State government to the “serious issue of contamination of drinking water” in Mangaluru due to flow of leachate from a la
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday said that there is no response from the State government to the “serious issue of contamination of drinking water” in Mangaluru due to flow of leachate from a landfill site in Pachchanady. A Division Bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum made these observations after finding that both the State government and the Mangaluru City Corporation have not responded to a report on water analysis submitted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPBC). The Bench was hearing a PIL petition filed by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority complaining about the failure of the corporation to enforce the provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and also, the failure to protect the neighbourhood from the ill-effects of the Pachchanady landfill site.More Related News