With the dumping of medical and other solid wastes into Tamil Nadu villages along the inter-state border creating a political furor, the Southern Bench of the NGT on Thursday directed the Kerala government to dispose them off within three days.
Taking up the matter suo motu, the Bench comprising Justice Pushpa Satyanarayana and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati said the waste from the Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, and other institutions, dumped recently in the forest areas Tirunelveli district close to the inter-state border would pose a grave threat to the wild animals and affect the environment.
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