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CCI holds meeting | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 11: Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) held at Chamber House under the President ship of YV Sharma, Chamber has observed that for the last 3-4 days Pollution Control Board was out to seal hotels operating within Jammu city and also at places like Katra and Patnitop. According to press release, CCI president said that the PCB has been of the view that hotels with room upto 19 and above should have sewage treatment facility like sewage treatment plants and likewise, whereas the hotels with rooms less than 19 should have sewage treatment facility likes septic tank. "PCB has launched a drive of sealing hotels irrespective of the conditions what stated above in which number of hotels were served with orders of closure which included even the hotels having less than 19 rooms", he said, adding that Jammu Municipal Corporation has setup a common sewage treatment plant for old Jammu City with a cost of Rs. 129 crores which is going to be operated in just three months and all the hotels of the old Jammu city are going to be benefitted with this plant for sewage disposal and treatment as has been stated by JMC vide its letter dated 9th June 2014. He further said, "It become more important to mention here that even in Srinagar city the hotels with bed rooms of 19 and less than that are allowed to operate and function with the existing sewage treatment infrastructure that is only septic tanks", said, adding that not only this but the government of J&K vide its order dated 6-03-2014 has asked all hotels having more than 19 bed rooms and upto 40 bed rooms to built up one additional septic tanks to fulfill the sewage disposal requirements. It is a matter of great concern as has been observed by CCI that when the Jammu Municipal Corporation is ready to connect all hotels of Jammu City with a common STP in just three months. Ultimately we want to be a healthy society. This all has been happening when there is continuous rush of pilgrims visiting Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in summer vacations and Shri Amarnath Yatra which is about to commence in a few days. |
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