A lorry carrying medical waste from Kerala has been seized..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
A lorry carrying medical waste from kerala has been seized..!?
 A lorry carrying medical waste from kerala to tirunelveli has been seized based on CCTV footage. The lorry owner and driver from salem are being questioned by the police. Lorries from kerala are bringing meat waste and medical waste in bags and dumping them in tirunelveli and tenkasi districts. The bags coming from Nagercoil were dumped in the Radhapuram, Panagudi, and Nanguneri blocks of tirunelveli district. The medical waste was dumped in trucks coming from tenkasi in Kadayam and Alankulam blocks.
Allegations were raised that medical waste brought from kerala was being dumped in bags on government-owned lands in Nadukallur and Pazhavur areas near Seethapalpanallur in Tirunelveli. This sparked strong opposition. The tirunelveli District collector had warned that strict action would be taken against those involved. On december 19, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered that the medical waste dumped in tirunelveli should be taken back to Kerala. The kerala government should take responsibility and remove it within 3 days. This was expected to put an end to the incident of medical waste being brought from kerala in trucks and dumped there. In this situation, today (December 21) the lorry that brought medical waste from kerala to tirunelveli was seized based on CCTV and tv footage. The police are interrogating the lorry owner and driver from Salem.
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