BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has requested the administrations of Puri and Khurda districts to seal illegal brick kilns. As many as 55 such illegal kilns had been working in both the districts without having bought setting clearance (EC), the OSPCB said.
"We have written to the collectors of both the districts and asked them to seal brick kilns. Earlier, we had identified those violating the norms and submitted the list to the district officials," said OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi.
The inexperienced panel said the kiln operators had get right of entry to to free sand as lots of the kilns had been positioned just about the river beds. This now not best deprives the federal government of royalty, the unabated use of sand, the burning of brick through the usage of picket and the digging of the earth through the usage of heavy equipment hurt the environment. The kilns additionally have an effect on aquatic and avian species present in rivers. "Getting an EC is mandatory for operating a brick kiln as it falls under the minor minerals category. The kilns also cause water pollution," Panigrahi said.
On the day the kilns might be sealed, officials from the pollution board will accompany the district officials. Normally, the chimneys of the kilns and the source of water and gear are closed. On February 12, the pollution board had won court cases towards 11 brick kilns flouting setting norms. After an inspection, it discovered that 55 kilns did not have the EC. The district administrations had been requested to near those gadgets even ahead of the pollution panel served their house owners with a show-cause notice. The pollution board norms additionally say the kilns must be positioned no less than 200 metres away from the river beds and human habitation.
In December 2015, the OSPCB had closed 28 kilns within the two districts.
"We have written to the collectors of both the districts and asked them to seal brick kilns. Earlier, we had identified those violating the norms and submitted the list to the district officials," said OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi.
The inexperienced panel said the kiln operators had get right of entry to to free sand as lots of the kilns had been positioned just about the river beds. This now not best deprives the federal government of royalty, the unabated use of sand, the burning of brick through the usage of picket and the digging of the earth through the usage of heavy equipment hurt the environment. The kilns additionally have an effect on aquatic and avian species present in rivers. "Getting an EC is mandatory for operating a brick kiln as it falls under the minor minerals category. The kilns also cause water pollution," Panigrahi said.
On the day the kilns might be sealed, officials from the pollution board will accompany the district officials. Normally, the chimneys of the kilns and the source of water and gear are closed. On February 12, the pollution board had won court cases towards 11 brick kilns flouting setting norms. After an inspection, it discovered that 55 kilns did not have the EC. The district administrations had been requested to near those gadgets even ahead of the pollution panel served their house owners with a show-cause notice. The pollution board norms additionally say the kilns must be positioned no less than 200 metres away from the river beds and human habitation.
In December 2015, the OSPCB had closed 28 kilns within the two districts.
State pollution board asks authorities to seal illegal brick kilns
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