Present details on handling waste in dump yard: NGT tells Coimbatore Corporation

NGT directive to coimbatore corporation on waste

Even as the Corporation is nearing the deadline to clear legacy waste in Vellalore under the Coimbatore Smart City Mission, the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the civic body to present the details of the machinery that need to be used and regarding permanent solution to handle the legacy and daily waste. The tribunal said the matter must be posted in the next hearing on July 4.

The NGT Southern Zone, comprising Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and expert member Satyagopal Korlapati, said if the legacy waste is not processed on a war-footing before the onset of the monsoon, the condition may worsen.

The tribunal also asked the Corporation to look into the feasibility of coordinating with the industries in Coimbatore or formulating any remedial action to clear the legacy waste and to arrive at a permanent solution for the daily waste.

The deadline for completing the projects under the mission is June 2023, the Centre had announced last December.

Secretary of the Kurichi-Vellalore Pollution Prevention Action Committee K.S. Mohan filed an affidavit before the NGT on April 26, citing The Hindu’s report (‘Coimbatore Corporation handing over unsegregated waste’).

“Plant capacity of the waste processing company in the yard is nowhere near the actual amount of waste dumped every day there.. It was already pointed out that only 20% of the waste was segregated and processed daily and the remaining piled up along with the old waste. The Corporation must remediate this and identify sites locally for managing waste generated in each zone or ward,” Mr. Mohan said in the affidavit.

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