Thiruvananthapuram: Dead fish were found floating on the surface of Pattom canal on Thursday morning.
local residents who saw dead fish nearby murinjapalam Brij informed the Health Branch of the Municipal Corporation.
health inspector SS Menu And the team soon inspected the site and environmental engineers from Pollution Control Board, Marine Wing vizhinjamiSamples were taken from the canal.
Officials said the samples will be analyzed in detail and the cause of contamination can be ascertained only after the results are analyzed. The Pattam canal has been a dump yard of all kinds of waste for a long time.
The sewage along with other types of waste is dumped into the canal. The Irrigation Department is implementing a project to revive the canal under the flood mitigation scheme.
local residents who saw dead fish nearby murinjapalam Brij informed the Health Branch of the Municipal Corporation.
health inspector SS Menu And the team soon inspected the site and environmental engineers from Pollution Control Board, Marine Wing vizhinjamiSamples were taken from the canal.
Officials said the samples will be analyzed in detail and the cause of contamination can be ascertained only after the results are analyzed. The Pattam canal has been a dump yard of all kinds of waste for a long time.
The sewage along with other types of waste is dumped into the canal. The Irrigation Department is implementing a project to revive the canal under the flood mitigation scheme.