Slap fine on polluters of Tamirabharani, Tirunelveli District Collector orders local bodies
District Collector R. Sukumar has ordered local authorities to impose fines on those polluting the Tamirabharani river. The pollution is primarily caused by devotees discarding old clothes and sewage from nearby habitations. The Vickramasingapuram municipality has already collected ₹26,000 in fines over the past four days as part of the initiative to protect the river.
- ▪District Collector R. Sukumar has instructed local bodies to fine polluters of the Tamirabharani river.
- ▪Devotees are discarding old clothes in the river, contributing to pollution.
- ▪The Vickramasingapuram municipality has collected ₹26,000 in fines in the last four days.
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District Collector R. Sukumar has instructed the Corporation authorities and the heads of other civic bodies to slap fine on those who dump waste in the Tamirabharani river.As the discarding of old clothes in the Tamirabharani at Papanasam by the devotees visiting Sri Papanasa Swami Temple after taking dip in the river as the mark of washing off their sins and the uncontrolled mixing of sewage from the habitations on the banks of the river are causing serious pollution, Dr. Sukumar visited the pollution points at Papanasam recently.
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