Alarming to see reports of microplastics in groundwater near dump yard sites, NGT says
The Hindu
The bench has directed a joint committee to take water samples from nearby wells in and around the Perungudi dump yard and also consider the air samples from the available monitoring station near the dump yard
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal said it was alarming to see reports that microplastics are being found in groundwater samples taken from wells near the Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dump yards. The bench of Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Dr. K. Satyagopal, said the entire garbage generated and collected from Chennai and other suburbs was being dumped in these dump yards. “Even now these dump yards lack proper scientific disposal. On the basis of the direction given by this Tribunal in some other matter, steps are being taken by the Greater Chennai Corporation to dispose of the legacy waste in the dump yards,” the bench said.More Related News
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