No fuel pumps within 50 m of schools: child rights panel
The Hindu
No permission should be given to build petrol pumps within 50-m radial distance of schools in the State, the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has said.
Acting on a petition that alleged construction of a petrol pump within 50 m of Government Upper Primary School, Thaikattussery, commission member K. Nazeer said as per a circular issued by the State Pollution Control Board, petrol pumps should not be allowed within 50-m radial distance of schools and hospitals. If at all a petrol pump had to be set up within 50-m owing to some exigency, local bodies should ensure that safety guidelines stipulated by the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation were being strictly followed. However, on no account should the pump be located within 30-m radial distance from the school. The PCB circular, the commission said, had been issued on the directions of the National Green Tribunal.
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