Madras High Court dismissed a petition against the Mahasivarthari ceremony at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking direction to the officials concerned to allow the Mahasivarthari function at Isha Foundation in Coimbatore.

Petitioner St. Shivganan sought a direction to the authorities that without adequate sewage treatment facilities to initiate appropriate action against Isha Foundation to initiate appropriate action against Isha Foundation To cause cause to be the cause and to issue any permission for the Mahasivar Krishna ceremony on February. 26 and 27 in light of alleged violations last year.

The court last week directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to verify whether it was verified whether the rules and regulations were being held after the foundation during the Mahasivratri ceremony.

TNPCB informed HC on Monday that Isha Foundation has adequate treatment facility to handle sewage generated.

R Kannan, Member Secretary, TNPCB said in his counter affidavit that Shivganan was filed in response to the petition filed.

Kannan presented that Isha Foundation has provided adequate treatment facilities and was within the standards set by the standard board of ambient noise levels. In the premises of Isha Foundation, seating capacity was only 60,000.

He said that no complaint petition has been received from the public about air, water and noise pollution. This yoga center has infrastructure facilities required to handle solid, liquid and noise pollution during the Mahasivartiri ceremony. Isha Foundation has also followed the noise rules.

Subsequently, a division bench that included Justice SM Subramaniam and K Rajsekar dismissed the petition filed by Shivganan.

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