(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?
(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?
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.