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.