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| DB directs SMC to file affidavit whether Hill View Colony established in accordance with Master Plan | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 3: Inhabitants of Hill View Colony Old Air Field Road, Wanabal Rangreth Yayil, Gagoo Villages have filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that on account of establishment of an industrial area they are facing health hazards due to discharge of effluents from the industrial units as there is no proper arrangement for treatment of the waste and effluents.
A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul directed Srinagar Municipal Corporation, to file an affidavit of the senior officer specifically stating as to whether the industrial area was established first or the aforesaid Colony. The bench also directed to inform whether the Colony has been established in accordance with the Master Plan and after due sanction of the lay out and whether it is an unauthorized Colony or is one which has been approved by the Municipal Corporation or the Srinagar Development Authority. The DB directed that the exercise may be completed by the parties within a period of three weeks. The Pollution Control Board has filed a compliance report stating that according to the survey report about 150 industrial units exist in the area that include three units in Red category, 53 units in Orange category, 64 units in Green category and 22 units in White category. It is further stated that a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) is proposed to be established for the primary treatment of the effluents and the waste water discharged by these industries. The civil work for the construction of the said plant has been completed by the SIDCO but the mechanical part is yet to be done. |
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