KSDMA moots chemical spill contingency plans
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‘Off-site, on-site emergency plans essential for factories’
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‘Off-site, on-site emergency plans essential for factories’ A strategic environment impact assessment carried out by the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) in the aftermath of the oil spill at the Travancore Titanium Products Ltd. (TTP) has pointed to the need for chemical spill contingency plans for the State, districts and factories.
On February 10 this year, hundreds of litres of furnace oil had spilled into the coast following a pipeline rupture at TTP, Kochu Veli, sparking environmental concerns and a public outcry. “The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) along with the Coast Guard must develop a detailed oil contingency plan for the State by considering the existing system in Kerala and with the help of all stakeholders. Contingency plans should be developed for State, districts and companies. Off-site and
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Corporate morality can be a flexible thing. Some
companies see tantalising dollar signs afloat in the spilt
blood of civilians and dissidents. Military governments,
however trigger crazed, offer ideal opportunities;
potentially, corners can be cut, regulations relaxed. The
Adani Group has shown itself to be particularly unscrupulous
in this regard.
In many ways, it is fitting. The
group’s record
in a range of areas suggests that the profit motive soars
above any other consideration. Environmentally, Adani is an
irresponsible, wretched beast. A shonky Adani coal ship, the
MV Rak, sank off the coast of Mumbai in August 2011
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Need to explore green alternatives in all sectors
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Greens say it’s high time State adopted a sustainable development model
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Greens say it’s high time State adopted a sustainable development model
With the State reeling under the impact of climate change, including two back-to-back floods, the call for adopting sustainable development model is getting louder.
Environmental campaigners have called for a paradigm shift in the concept of development and the environment priorities of the State, as a new government will assume office in May.
V.S. Vijayan, former chairman of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, wants the next government to strictly follow a green path when it comes to development. Its high time that the State adopted a sustainable development pattern. Green alternatives should be explored in all sectors.
Kochi Corporation told to explain violations at Brahmapuram yard
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State Pollution Control Board to issue show-cause notice to civic body
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State Pollution Control Board to issue show-cause notice to civic body The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will issue show-cause notice to the Kochi Corporation asking it to explain the steps taken to address the violations detected at the Brahmapuarm waste dumping yard.
The notice will be served based on the board’s findings gathered during the inspection held at the yard on March 3. The Corporation will be told to elaborate on the continuing incidents of fire outbreaks at the site, where heaps of waste have been lying idle for long. The local body had failed to contain the repeated fires that resulted in air pollution, besides triggering the possibility of causing harm to the public, said senior board officials. A major fire occurred at the yard on March 5.