Gangotry residents have ordered a few days after protesting against its establishment, the State Pollution Control Board of Uttarakhand has ordered the closure of a consumer installed in the eco-sensitive zone by the state tourism department.
The unit was violated to the provisions under the water (prevention and prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and air (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1981, and to work in the Bhagirathi eco -sensitive field without consenting to operate. It was also found that there was no proper monitoring facilities, a logbook of operation or waste generated by procedure, said the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Body.
The residents of the collective Himalayan Municipal Drinking Forum wrote to the officials, stating that the consumption was burning solid waste in the consumer area, which was emissions.
Such units require a consent and consent to conduct a certificate from the State Pollution Control Board, and are mandatory for them to have their waste quality within the criteria specified under the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986. The gangotry unit processes a tonne solid waste every day.
In addition, the unit was installed in the Bhagirathi Eco sensitive area, an area in which each activity is monitored and regulated by a committee headed by the Chief Secretary of the state. Last year, the committee was allowed to recruit and was established by the Ministry of Tourism under the Prasad Yojana (pilgrimage rejuvenation and spiritual growth drive) by the Ministry of Tourism.
Officials of the State and Central Pollution Control Body visited the facility on 24 June and found that the Uttarkashi District Tourism Development Officer did not receive a consent and authority (CCA) under the water (prevention and prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and Hawa (Control of Pollution), 1981 and Authority, which procedes a record and other housing, every day and other housing, every day, a tonn solid waste Could not provide Similarly, the unit representative said that the ash generation is negligible and kept in the premises, but there was no record of ash generation, the pollution control body said. The unit also did not maintain records for plastic waste collection.
Pollution control bodies also recommend that the facility receives necessary permissions, including consent to operate from UKPCB.
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Regarding the operation of the unit in the Bhagirathi Eco-sensitive area after a letter from the residents of Uttarkashi, the Uttarkashi DM stated that the unit is a zero-furnace system with a solar-operated furnace and operated through a programmed oxygenation plasma technology. He also said that waste is processed without any combustion or participation of water or other moving parts. However, according to the CPCB guidelines, the pollution index of incinerators is 100 and falls under the red category.
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