Periyar Fish Death Due To Low Oxygen In Water: Kerala Chief Minister
NDTV
The initial probe also did not find any discharge of chemical waste into the river from the factories on the shores of the Periyar, Pinarayi Vijayan said.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said in the assembly that the recent mass death of fish in the Periyar river resulted due to less dissolved oxygen in the water and there was no discharge of chemical waste from factories into the river.
The chief minister made the submission in response to a query by opposition UDF MLA T J Vinod with regard to action taken against those who allegedly discharged chemical waste into the river resulting in the death of the fish.
Mr Vijayan said that the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) conducted an inspection of the river following the incident and the water samples tested showed dissolved oxygen to be below the levels required for fish to survive.
