NGT slaps heavy fines on fish meal units in Ullal for violating rules

July 14, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 14: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chennai bench has imposed fine on fish meal units in Ullal for contravening the rules under Coastal Regulation Zone and causing water pollution and air pollution (Smell Nuisance).

1fish The action comes following a complaint by Mohammed Kabir, an activist from Ullal against M/s Indian Fish Meal and Oil Products and 14 other units.

The NGT (Single Bench) disposed the above application and imposed penalty under polluter pay principle and directed the errant units to pay the penalty to Environment Relief Fund established under National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 within a month from date of the judgment.

The NGT has imposed a penalty of Rs 25-lakh on the Fishmeal and Oil Manufacturing Association and fine of Rs 5 lakh each on nine units and Rs 8 lakh on five units, the order stated.

Units on whom penalty of Rs 5 lakh has been imposed are Indian Fish Meal and Oil Products, S N Marine Products, Indo Fish Meal Co, Super Aqua Tech, Mangaluru Marine Products, Ullal Fish Meal and Oil Co, Mangaluru Fish Meal and Oil Co, Bawa Fish Meal and Oil Co; and Marine Products.

Units to pay Rs 8-lakh fine are Fahad Fish Meal and Oil Co, Mangaluru Fish Meal and Oil Co, United Marine Products., Mangaluru Sea Products, and Haris Marina Products.

The NGT (single bench) has further ordered to stop forthwith operation of Asian Fish Meal and Oil Co. The NGT has directed Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to continue monitoring of above units and also not to allow them to operate unless the central effluent treatment plant is made functional by meeting all required standards.

Also individual units shall install the deodorisers to control smell nuisance and evaporators and make them fully functional, NGT added.

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WELL DONE MR. MOHAMMAD KABEER A LOCAL ACTIVIST FOR YOUR GOOD WORK ON IMPOSING FINE

ALL FISH MEAL PLANTS ARE VIOLATING THE ACTS OF NGT, ANYWAY KEEP STRUGGLING TO STOP THE PLANT UNLESS THEY INSTALL DEODORIZES TO CONTROL SMELL.

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Stricter measures enforced in more places in Kasaragod district to contain spread of COVID-19

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April 24,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 24: Stricter measures have been enforced in more places in this district, as part of intensifying efforts aimed at containing the spread of Covid19.

According to District Collector Dr Sajith Babu, the new norms of intensified lockdown would be enforced in Kumbala, Mogral-Puthur, Chemmanad, Madhur, Muliyar and Kumbala grama panchayats, being identified as new hotspots in the district.

Earlier, door-to-door police patrolling at regular intervals have been implemented in Thalankeri, Choori, Kalanad and Nellikkunnu, where more positive cases of Covid-19 has been reported.

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Mangaluru to get 15 smart CCTV cameras in sensitive places

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January 5,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 5: To keep an hawk's eye on the city, 15 prominent and crowded junctions in the city will have the most advanced CCTV cameras installed under the Smartcity project.

The junctions are-- Bejai KSRTC, Pumpwell, Vamanjoor, Padil, Mullikatte, Bejai, Bendoor, Falnir, Morgans Gate, Kulashekara-Shakthinagar Cross, Kottara Chowki, Kuntikan, Rao & Rao Circle, Padavinangady and Kavoor junctions.

According to top police officials, these junctions will receive approximately 75 cameras to check crime and aid in solving the cases of murder and robbery in the city.

A ‘smartpole’ will be installed there with each pole containing about five cameras along with a 360 degree swivelling camera.

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One camera need inside the poilce cabin..

this will revel whom the police meet

Better to install in Police station itself, at least it can reveal undisclosed Bhaithak.

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Centre's decision to charge NRIs to return from COVID-affected countries 'inhuman': Congress

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May 6,2020

May 6: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday termed as "inhumane" the government's decision to "impose excessive costs" on NRIs and expatriates for bringing them into the country from COVID-19-affected nations.

He demanded that the central government fly in the poor and vulnerable free of cost while charge the others with normal fares instead of high costs.

"The central government's decision to impose excessive costs on NRIs flying in special flights from the Covid-affected countries is an inhumane act," he said in a statement.

Venugopal said it was due to protests by a large number of expatriates and their relatives as well as the general public over the past few days that the central government took the decision to bring back Indian citizens from abroad.

"However, it is cruel that the Central government has taken advantage of this plight of expatriates by increasing the price of air fares up to three times. This is inhumane," Venugopal said in his statement.

He urged the Centre to take urgent steps to provide free travel to the most vulnerable, unemployed, sick and pregnant women and to others on normal fare.

Air India will operate 64 repatriation flights for a week from May 7 while the Navy deployed two ships as India rolled out a massive evacuation plan on Tuesday to bring back thousands of its nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.

Those availing the repatriation flights will be charged, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told a virtual press conference in New Delhi. A passenger on a London-Delhi flight will be charged Rs 50,000 and on a Dhaka-Delhi flight Rs 12,000, he added.

From the Gulf countries to Malaysia and the UK to the US, the multi-agency operation christened 'Vande Bharat Mission' will see the state-owned airline operate the non-scheduled commercial flights till May 13 to ferry around 15,000 Indian nationals from 12 countries.

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