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Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) – as per the Powers and Responsibilities, vested with it, by various Environmental Laws – orders the closure of Vivin Laboratories, Rishabh Resins and Chemicals, Chromo Chem (Hyderabad), Theerdhaveeni Enterprises, Hexgon Drugs and Mahindra Industries.
According to the study of Green peace Report of 1999, Hindustan Insecticides Ltd, which has been manufacturing pesticides at its Udyogmandal site (Kochi, Kerala) since 1956 and, according to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, continues to produce DDT and Endosulfan. The plant, located adjacent to a wetland, apparently discharges its effluent to an open channel (the Kuzhikundam Creek).
This fact alone is enough for the Kerala Pollution Control Board to shut down this Central Government owned polluting firm that has been degrading the local environment and has been ruining the health of its citizen.
The Kerala Administration better note that Indian Environmental Laws do not accord any special status to State owned industries. And the Chief Minister better stop making a political hue and cry on demanding centre to act on it, rather than doing what is in his own hands.
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