Firm booked for dumping sewage into Adyar river

CHENNAI: Taking cognisance of a photograph published on May 19 in The Times of India, which showed a lorry illegally discharging untreated

sewage

into the

Adyar river

near

Anakaputhur

, the police have booked a case against the lorry company.

The case was registered based on a complaint filed by

Pammal

municipality commissioner R Chandra on May 21. The police have brought charges under IPC Section 277 (fouling water of public spring) and Section 278 (making atmosphere noxious to health). On May 18, TOI lensman Ramesh Shankar was threatened by the driver of a lorry (TN33 Q 1119) when he clicked a photo of the illegal sewage discharge.