Space for green belt around BPCL unit inadequate: CPCB
The Hindu
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has submitted a report before the National Green Tribunal stating that there is gross inadequacy of space inside the Propylene Derivative Petrochemical Project (PDPP) unit of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at Ambalamugal here to develop a 200-metre-wide green belt as assured in the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report.
The CPCB report was submitted before the Southern Bench on March 9 in a case related to complaints by local residents that the site lacked proper green belt and buffer zone, especially on the southern side (Kakkad Kara).
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