PCB initiates steps to recover compensation from Kochi Corporation
The Hindu
The civic body was ordered to pay ₹14.92 crore for failure to comply with solid waste management rules
The worsening solid waste management scenario at the dumping yard of the Kochi Corporation at Brahmapuram has prompted the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) to clear legal hurdles to recovering an environment compensation of ₹14.92 crore from the civic body.
The board has initiated steps to vacate the stay issued by the Kerala High Court against collecting the fine. The PCB had ordered the civic body to pay compensation for the latter’s failure to comply with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
Incidentally, the State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) on Solid Waste Management appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had pulled up the corporation for the deplorable condition of the yard which is filled heaps of waste.