Give accurate data on no of hotels ashrams polluting Ganga NGT

  • | Monday | 12th November, 2018

However, some districts are still in the process of sharing the data with us, and, hence, the NGT has directed us to submit the final data in an affidavit within a week.” The hotels association wanted that properties which are already connected to common sewage plants (CSP) be exempted from installing their own sewage treatment plants or biodigesters.When the NGT on Monday sought data on such establishments, the state pollution board filed a report that said Uttarakhand has 3,165 hotels, 579 ashrams and 418 dharamshalas. However, the NGT was not satisfied with the response and directed that UEPPCB to provide "accurate data" in an affidavit, so that it could be treated as a legal document submitted by the state government.The NGT said the total count of such establishments would help the state pollution control board to identify the properties that have failed to adhere to the guidelines of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.Speaking to TOI, SS Pal of the state pollution control board and who was present during the NGT hearing on Monday, said, “Today, we were asked to present the status report, and we have done so. Dehradun: The National Green Tribunal ( NGT ) on Monday sought a 'final report' in an affidavit on disposal of waste in the Ganga by various hotels, dharamshalas and ashrams located on the banks of the river in the state from the secretary of Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) within one week after the board failed to submit "complete data".The reason behind the directive of the green tribunal is to identify such properties which are violating the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act by discharging sewage into rivers, and thus bringing to naught whatever is being done to clean the river under the Centre’s Namami Gangey project.The NGT order came after a series of directives that first started in 2016 when the green tribunal ordered the Uttarakhand government to ensure that all hotels, dharamshalas and ashrams having a built-up area of over 10,000 sqft should have their won sewage treatment plants or biodigesters, so that waste is not discharged into the holy river.After the 2016 NGT order, the state hotels association in 2017 filed a writ petition seeking relaxation of the order.

Dehradun: The National Green Tribunal ( NGT ) on Monday sought a 'final report' in an affidavit on disposal of waste in the Ganga by various hotels, dharamshalas and ashrams located on the banks of the river in the state from the secretary of Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) within one week after the board failed to submit "complete data".The reason behind the directive of the green tribunal is to identify such properties which are violating the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act by discharging sewage into rivers, and thus bringing to naught whatever is being done to clean the river under the Centre’s Namami Gangey project.The NGT order came after a series of directives that first started in 2016 when the green tribunal ordered the Uttarakhand government to ensure that all hotels, dharamshalas and ashrams having a built-up area of over 10,000 sqft should have their won sewage treatment plants or biodigesters, so that waste is not discharged into the holy river.After the 2016 NGT order, the state hotels association in 2017 filed a writ petition seeking relaxation of the order. The hotels association wanted that properties which are already connected to common sewage plants (CSP) be exempted from installing their own sewage treatment plants or biodigesters.When the NGT on Monday sought data on such establishments, the state pollution board filed a report that said Uttarakhand has 3,165 hotels, 579 ashrams and 418 dharamshalas. However, the NGT was not satisfied with the response and directed that UEPPCB to provide "accurate data" in an affidavit, so that it could be treated as a legal document submitted by the state government.The NGT said the total count of such establishments would help the state pollution control board to identify the properties that have failed to adhere to the guidelines of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.Speaking to TOI, SS Pal of the state pollution control board and who was present during the NGT hearing on Monday, said, “Today, we were asked to present the status report, and we have done so. However, some districts are still in the process of sharing the data with us, and, hence, the NGT has directed us to submit the final data in an affidavit within a week.”

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