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Waste dumping: rights panel issues notices

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The Hindu        21.01.2015   

Waste dumping: rights panel issues notices

State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairman J.B. Koshy has issued show cause notices to the Secretary, Kottayam Municipality, Kottayam District Collector, district medical officer and the State Pollution Control Board against the dumping of municipal waste in the heart of the town.

The notices were issued on a case filed by former Mahatma Gandhi University assistant registrar Mary Korah and retired BSNL administrative officer Elizabeth Korah, both senior citizens.

As per the complaint filed with SHRC, CFL lamps, waste from abattoirs, flats, and marriage halls were being dumped on the busy roadside in front of the residence of the complainants.

The respondents would have to file their responses by February 10.