Improper sewage treatment: PCB to take action against railway marshalling yard

STATE Pollution Control Board (PCB), Ernakulam, is set to take action against the "improper treatment of bio-toilet effluents" at the railway marshalling yard in Ponnurunni.

- MANISHA V C S @Kochi

According to the authorities, sewage from the bio-toilet facilities is contaminating the water bodies with high levels of faecal bacteria and the yard does not follow the quality standards of PCB.

"There are no facilities in the yard to conduct proper sewage treatment. Effluents from toilets are being disposed off directly into a pit. The overflowing pit carries the improperly treated sewage into the water bodies through drains, contaminating them with high levels of faecal bacteria," said a PCB official.

PCB had initially sought an explanation from the Railways and received a response, which they claimed was unsatisfactory.