GURUGRAM: The ministry of surroundings, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) has sought a reply from the main secretary of the dept of forest and surroundings in Haryana on the Bandhwari waste-to-energy plant.
The MoEF order comes two months after green activists lodged a complaint with the ministry alleging that HSPCB, in its waste-to-energy plant suggestions, had violated the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
In its May 20 letter (a duplicate is with TOI), the Union ministry requested the state forest and surroundings department to inspect the issues raised by way of residents all the way through the public listening to conducted by way of HSPCB earlier than the filing of the report.
“As waste-to-energy plant is in entire violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, all provide at the public meeting emphasized the will for decentralised segregation of garbage at a couple of collection centres in the town. They had additionally advised that combined garbage must now not be sent to Bandhwari. The pollution body did not consider those tips in their EIA report,” claimed Vaishali Rana Chandra, green activist and complainant in the matter.
On March 21, HSPCB had organised a meeting with the residents of Bandhwari to seek their tips over the construction of the waste-to-energy plant in the house. The cause of this public listening to used to be to incorporate the worries and recommendations in a report which the pollution body had to publish to the environmental have an effect on assessment (EIA) committee arrange by way of the Union ministry. The report used to be submitted on March 28.
“According to an RTI reaction given by way of MoEF, the authorities don’t have the desired clearance from the Union ministry for diversion of the Aravali forest land for any non-forest task. How can authorities construct a waste-to-energy plant at a forest land without obtaining permission? However, the EIA report doesn’t mention any of these details. The report appears to be propaganda of what MCG and a company hired by way of the civic body will do at the site,” mentioned Vivek Kamboj, an environmentalist.
Residents mentioned maximum villagers were not informed concerning the public listening to, and of the ones who were provide, their tips were not taken into consideration.
The basis stone for plant used to be laid by way of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on April 13, 2018, even earlier than the EIA gave its approval.
The MoEF order comes two months after green activists lodged a complaint with the ministry alleging that HSPCB, in its waste-to-energy plant suggestions, had violated the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
In its May 20 letter (a duplicate is with TOI), the Union ministry requested the state forest and surroundings department to inspect the issues raised by way of residents all the way through the public listening to conducted by way of HSPCB earlier than the filing of the report.
“As waste-to-energy plant is in entire violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, all provide at the public meeting emphasized the will for decentralised segregation of garbage at a couple of collection centres in the town. They had additionally advised that combined garbage must now not be sent to Bandhwari. The pollution body did not consider those tips in their EIA report,” claimed Vaishali Rana Chandra, green activist and complainant in the matter.
On March 21, HSPCB had organised a meeting with the residents of Bandhwari to seek their tips over the construction of the waste-to-energy plant in the house. The cause of this public listening to used to be to incorporate the worries and recommendations in a report which the pollution body had to publish to the environmental have an effect on assessment (EIA) committee arrange by way of the Union ministry. The report used to be submitted on March 28.
“According to an RTI reaction given by way of MoEF, the authorities don’t have the desired clearance from the Union ministry for diversion of the Aravali forest land for any non-forest task. How can authorities construct a waste-to-energy plant at a forest land without obtaining permission? However, the EIA report doesn’t mention any of these details. The report appears to be propaganda of what MCG and a company hired by way of the civic body will do at the site,” mentioned Vivek Kamboj, an environmentalist.
Residents mentioned maximum villagers were not informed concerning the public listening to, and of the ones who were provide, their tips were not taken into consideration.
The basis stone for plant used to be laid by way of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on April 13, 2018, even earlier than the EIA gave its approval.
MoEF seeks state reply on concerns over Bandhwari waste-to-energy plant
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