BPCL-Kochi Refinery at Ambalamugal; Cochin Minerals and Rutiles Ltd, Edayar; and the Attingal Municipality are among the industries and institutions that have been awarded for exemplary pollution control measures by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) this year.

The KSPCB announced its annual pollution control awards on Monday.  BPCL-Kochi Refinery has won the award for excellence in the ‘Very Large Industries’ category. Binani Zinc Ltd won first place in this category while NTPC-RGCCPP, Kayamkulam shared the second spot with Indian Rare Earths Ltd, Chavara. Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd, Ambalamugal, and Philips Carbon Black Ltd, Karimugal, shared the third spot.

In the ‘Large Industries’ division, Cochin Minerals and Rutiles Ltd won the award for excellence, while HLL Lifecare, Thiruvananthapuram, won first place. Malabar Cements Ltd and Apollo Tyres Ltd shared the second spot, while Terumo Penpol and SEPR Refractories India Ltd came joint third.

AVT Naturals Products Ltd won the award for excellence in the ‘Medium-A Group’ with Extraweave Pvt Ltd, Cherthala, bagging the first place. United Breweries Ltd, Kanjikode, came second and Malabar Breweries and MIL Controls Ltd shared the third spot.

 William Goodcare and Sons India Pvt Ltd came first in the ‘Medium-B Group’ and PCK Latex Factory, Kodumon; and Malankara Rubber Factory, Muttom, came joint second in this category. Harrisons Malayalam Ltd, Centrifuged Latex Factory, Kumbazha Estate, stood second in the ‘Small’ industries category.

Victory Granite Metals, Thrissur, won the award for excellence in the category for ‘Stone Crusher’ units. MILMA’s Wayanad dairy won the award for excellence in the ‘dairy’ category, while the Cochin International Airport Ltd won it in the ‘Other Establishments’ category.  Lali Resort and Spa, Kasargod, won the award for excellence among hotels and resorts while Vivanta by Taj, Uduma, stood first in this category.

Attingal Municipality won the first place in the ‘local bodies’ category, followed by Ottappalam municipality and the Kumali grama panchayat.

In the ‘hospitals’ category, the Primary Health Centre, Tholoor, won first place, and the second place was bagged by the PHC, Karavaloor. The Taluk Headquarters Hospital, Punalur, stood first in the ‘Government Hospitals (Taluk)’ category, while the General Hospital, Ernakulam, won it in the ‘Government Hospitals (District/General Hospital)’ category. The Women and Children Hospital, Alappuzha; and the Women and Children Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, won first and second places respectively in the Government Hospitals (Women and Children category).

In the Ayurvedic hospitals category, the Kerala Ayurvedic Studies and Research Society, Kottakkal, stood first, while MIMS, Kozhikode bagged the first spot among private hospitals.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will distribute the prizes at  Kanakakkunnu Palace at 5 pm on Wednesday.