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.