River Phalguni being polluted with industrial waste: Citizens’ Forum approaches KSPCB
Surathkal: Members of the Citizens’ Forum here have alleged that River Phalguni is being polluted with the waste from the Baikampady Industrial Area, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) and the Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
“The industrial waste is being dumped into the stream in Thokuru, whose water has turned black due to the pollution and is already stinking. The water from the stream goes to River Phalguni, as a result of which, the river water too is being polluted,” the forum members have alleged.
The forum members met the zonal officer of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Thursday, to discuss the matter.
An investigation team led by the zonal officer Ramesh collected samples of the water from the stream in Thokuru. The officer and the members of the team admitted that the stream did seem to have been polluted by industrial waste.
“The matter should be investigated and strict action should be taken against the guilty. Only then can River Phalguni be saved,” members of the forum urged the KSPCB officer.
They also warned that a protest would be undertaken if the Board failed to do so.
Muneer Katipalla, convener of the forum, Farooq, president of Jokatte Gram Panchayat, and Aboobakar Bava, member of the Panchayat and leader of the forum were present.
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6 women dead, 8 persons injured as bus rams into van in Gujarat's Sabarkantha
Sabarkantha (Gujarat) (PTI): Six women were killed and eight other persons injured after a private bus crashed into a van on a highway in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district on Wednesday, police said.
The van was ferrying women from Modasa in Aravalli district when a speeding bus hit it from behind on National Highway 48 connecting Shamlaji to Himmatnagar in the district, Deputy Superintendent of Police A K Patel said.
According to police, the women were part of a catering team for social events. They were travelling from Modasa in the neighbouring Aravalli district to Hunj village in Himmatnagar to attend a function when they met with the accident.
Six women passengers of the van were killed, Patel said.
Seven other women and the van driver suffered injuries, according to police.
The injured persons were rushed to the Himmatnagar civil hospital. The condition of two of them was critical, the hospital's medical officer, Dr Dhrupad Chauhan, said.
The bodies were sent to a government hospital for a postmortem.
VIDEO | Gujarat: Six persons were killed and four others injured after a private bus rammed into a van on a highway in Sabarkantha district on Wednesday, police said.
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