Periyar pollution: PCB serves closure notice on chicken rendering unit in Edayar

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has served closure notice on Alliance Marine Products in the Edayar industrial development area as part of the probe into the incident in which the water in the Periyar turned white and developed a layer of frothy foam on Tuesday (September 1, 2026).

The closure notice was issued to the chicken waste rendering unit on Thursday (September 3, 2026) under Section 32 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The action was taken after inspections by officials of the Environment Surveillance Centre of the Board in Eloor on Thursday morning found unauthorised effluent discharge through the stormwater outlet pipe into the river. They also found that workers were cleaning vehicles that brought chicken waste using hydrogen peroxide, and the discharge was directed into the stormwater drain in violation of norms.