NGT issues notice to Tirunelveli Collector over threats to Tamirabharani fish species

CHENNAI The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has issued notice to the Tirunelveli Collector and five others over threats faced by fish species in Tamirabharani River due to pollution and habitat loss.

Taking suo motu cognisance of a report, titled ‘Tamirabharani’s Endemic Fish Face Threats From Pollution, Habitat Loss’, published in The Hindu on September 28, the Bench, comprising Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert members A.

Senthil Vel and Afroz Ahamed, directed that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, the Central Pollution Control Board’s Regional Office in Chennai, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), and Agasthyamalai Community Conservation Centre (ACCC) be impleaded as respondents, besides the Collector.