NGT orders probe into public complaints against Ambayathode-based waste rendering unit

Key Points

1. NGT initiated suo motu case on Fresh Cut Organic Products Private Limited.
2. Case based on 'The Hindu' report on November 7, 2025.
3. NGT cited Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Water Act of 1974, and Air Act of 1981.
4. Respondents include Kerala State Pollution Control Board and Central Pollution Control Board.
5. Next hearing scheduled for January 29, 2026.
6. Factory shut down on October 21, 2025, due to arson and violence.
7. Over 300 persons booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
8. Plant allowed to resume operations on November 8, 2025, with reduced capacity.