HC judges inspect Thamirabarani, flay officials over poor sewage treatment

COMING down heavily on officials over ineffective water treatment systems, Justices G R Swaminathan and B Pugalendhi of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, after inspecting multiple locations along the Thamirabarani bank, ordered Collector K P Karthikeyan to submit a comprehensive action plan within a week, to halt the flow of sewage into the river.

During the inspection of locations where Tirunelveli corporation discharges untreated sewage into the river, Amicus Curiae T Arul told the judges that the Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS), built at various locations in the riverbed, were ineffective.