The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) will carry out a feasibility study on the development of process package treatment method to check pollution of the Pallikkalar stretch in Karunagapally, and Edappally, Perandoor canals in Kochi at an estimated cost of ₹45 lakh.
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has given its approval for the project after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed authorities to adopt appropriate technology to prevent pollution owing to illegal discharge of untreated wastewater from various establishments and households into the Pallikkalar river and Edappally, Perandoor canals in Kochi. Scientists from the the CSIR-NEERI in Nagpur, Maharashtra, will carry out the study. They are expected to submit the feasibility report within 15 months.
