Waste Dumping: CPT Health Officer Submits Report in HC
Source: New Indian Express, Date: , 0000
The health officer
of the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) on Tuesday submitted before the Kerala High
Court that all ships were having their own garbage management plan, and waste
generated in them was segregated accordingly. Port health officer K
A Shyamini filed the report on a petition filed by K N Unnikrishnan of
Kadavantra, seeking a directive to take urgent steps to prevent dumping of
sewage/toilet waste/garbage from the vessels calling at Cochin Port, in public
places. According to the petitioner, being a major port, the Cochin Port is the
berthing place for foreign and Indian vessels of varying types. The vessels,
during the course of their long voyage, produce both garbage waste and toilet
waste, which are taken out of the Port by private parties having license issued
by the Port.