Green Court Forms Panel For Pollution Caused By Slaughterhouses

National Green Tribunal has directed the panel to submit a report on pollution caused in the operation of slaughterhouses and tanneries in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

The National Green Tribunal has formed a fresh committee and directed it to submit a report on pollution caused in the operation of slaughterhouses and tanneries in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by National Green Tribunal Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted various deficiencies in the operation of the units, including illegal extraction of ground water in over exploited zone in Ghaziabad. "Accordingly, we constitute a four-member joint Committee of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) and District Magistrate, Ghaziabad which may visit the site within a month and prepare its report within one month thereafter. The SPCB will be the Nodal Agency for coordination and compliance. "The report may indicate compliance status with reference to prescribed standards, mode of disposal of effluents, reasons for permitting discharge into Dasna drain which is connected to river Hindon, compliance with guidelines of CPCB if effluent is utilised for horticulture/irrigation, ground water permission considering that the Ghaziabad block is ''Over Exploited'' and other incidental issues," the bench said.