KOCHI: The High Court banned the sale of chemical Kumkumam and plastic sachet packets in Sabarimala and Erumeli. The Devaswom bench comprising Justice V. Raja Vijayaraghavan and Justice K. V. Jayakumar directed the Travancore Devaswom Board and the concerned authorities to ensure this. The High Court was considering a suo motu petition while going through the report submitted by the Special Commissioner regarding the provision of facilities at the staging areas during the Mandala pilgrimage season.

The court directed that the plastic ban in Sabarimala and Pamba should not be violated. The gram panchayat lawyer has drawn attention to the environmental problem created by chemical Kumkumam and shampoo packets left in Erumeli. Earlier, Kumkumam was made with turmeric and natural ingredients.

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