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Restoration of polluted Edayar paddy fields getting delayed

The Hindu | 14/04/2022 11:49 PM | Click to read full article

The State Pollution Control Board (PCB), in its report submitted to the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on April 10, had said that the restoration work was likely to remain sluggish. 

In December last, a report of the Central Pollution Control Board pointed to heavy metal contamination exceeding the limit in the paddy fields.

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