
TNPCB lifts soil samples from garbage dumped site near Anamalai
The Hindu
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday collected soil samples from a private land at Semanampathy, near Anamalai, on the Tamil Nadu – Kerala border where garbage, which was alleged
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Thursday collected soil samples from a private land at Semanampathy, near Anamalai, on the Tamil Nadu – Kerala border where garbage, which was allegedly brought from Kerala, was dumped in April this year.
The samples were collected as part of the proceedings of a case which the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) registered based on a report 'Dumping of garbage foiled near Anamalai, trucks seized' carried by The Hindu on April 9.
A team led by P. Manimaran, District Environmental Engineer, Coimbatore south, inspected the place and collected samples, which will be examined at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.













