When Union Road Transport. and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari says 'clean, pollution- free India be a priority now' he intends only automobile pollution. Other sources of pollution are immaterial to any minister.
In Kerala in the months of November and December, all temples and other worship places produce high sound pollution but none is bothered to check despite a number of court orders. The entire National Highway sides are occupied by fish and meat vendors polluting the entire street and they posing traffic threat, is not at all a problem for authorities. Latrine wastes are dumped on road sides violating all the rules relating pollution control. House boat wastes along with waste oil thrown into back waters make it difficult for water organisms to survive. The local self government bodies that are bound to keep the environment clean do nothing to control pollution.
So it is high time to act judiciously on checking all sorts of pollution
K A Solaman
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