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April 30, 2021 13:38 IST
Inspection by officials found the CETP discharging effluents from its tank into a defunct oxidation pond.
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The Perundurai District Environmental Engineer inspected the CETP on April 18 following complaints, and found the CETP discharging effluents from its tank into a defunct oxidation pond. | Photo Credit:
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Inspection by officials found the CETP discharging effluents from its tank into a defunct oxidation pond. The chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has directed officials here to close down the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), run by tannery units, at the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre, Perundurai.
A formal order on environmental clearance from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the SIPCOT Industrial Park on a 1,077-acre site near Manapparai is expected to be issued shortly, sources said.Wit
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He was the former Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
Former Additional Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu and Commissioner of Revenue Administration K. Satyagopal has been appointed expert member of the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal.
On Tuesday, the NGT Chairperson issued an order appointing Dr. Satyagopal as an expert member with immediate effect. He will hold the post till further orders. Earlier, former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan was appointed expert member of the bench, which was opposed by environmental group Poovulagin Nanbargal at the Madras High Court.
The court rejected the PIL, citing her experience as Environment and Forest Secretary, Chairperson of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and Health Secretary.
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The Sterlite plant: The police firing in Thoothukkudi pertaining to the Sterlite protests in May 2018 had occurred during the tenure of Girish Vaidyanathan as chief secretary of the state
When Tamil Nadu is battling to convince the Centre not to divert oxygen to other states and the state health department is racing to maintain oxygen availability, the recent appointment of the former chief secretary of the state, Girija Vaidyanathan, as expert member of the National Green Tribunal, has come under the radar once again.