By our legal Correspondent
Kochi, July 16 (IVC) The Division Bench of the Honourable High Court of Kerala on July 15 directed the Thiruvananthapuram District Collector, Corporation and the Railways to file a report detailing the reasons for the flow of plastic waste into the Amayizhanjan Canal the manner in which the waste was removed, and the persons responsible for dumping them into the canal.
The Bench consisted of Justices Bechu Kurian Thomas and P Gopinath passed the order at a special sitting held in the wake of the drowning of a sanitation worker in the canal. The court asked the authorities concerned to submit a specific plan of action for clearing the legacy waste accumulated in the canal, both within the railway property and outside.
The court directed the amici curiae appointed in the suo motu case registered in the wake of the Brahmapuram fire outbreak, to interact with the officers, including former Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson, who were part of the ‘Operation Anantha’ which was carried out by the then government to prevent the flooding, and submit a report in this regard.
