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| PIL against hazardous waste: DB grants 2 weeks time to file affidavit | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 5: The Public Interest Litigation filed by Inhabitants of Hill view Colony Old Airport Srinagar alleging that on account of the 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 came up for hearing today.
The Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Puneet Gupta granted two weeks' time to file an affidavit in terms of order dated 31st May, 2022.
It is worthwhile to mention here that on May 31, 2022, The Division Bench observed that on the letter dated 02.09.2020 of the inhabitants of the area addressed to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, this PIL was registered in context with the cleaning of the industrial area.
The Regional Director J&K Pollution Control Board, District Officer PCB, Budgam, had pointed three deficiencies and had recommended that the CETP (Common Effluent Treatment Plant) needs to be made operational and the treated water needs to be channelized for irrigation purposes; the drains in the industrial estate are required to be cleaned and cleared regularly to ward off blockage/choking; and solid waste generated within the industrial estate should be channelized to some municipal body for scientific disposal.
All the aforesaid jobs have to be taken care of by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation.
—JNF
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