Question : F.A.C.T. KERALA



(a) whether the effluent plant in Fertilizer and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (F.A.C.T.), Udyogamandal is not working properly and polluting the Periyar river; and

(b) if so, the details in this regard and the reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI S.B. MOOKHERJEE)


(a) & (b) : The effluent plant at Fertilizer and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT), Udyogamandal is working properly and continuously since its commissioning in 1981. FACT has reported that the effluent from its Udyogamandal plant is meeting the norms laid down by Kerala State Pollution Control Board and hence is not polluting the Periyar river.