Panel seeks govt nod to set up cell for pollution check

  • | Thursday | 7th February, 2019

Nashik: The high-powered committee for tackling Godavari river pollution has sought the approval of the state government to set up a special police cell for pollution watch.The panel has written to the state government seeking its nod on the issue. It has requested the government to create posts in that cell so that it can function properly. The cell will also include four police officials at the rank of police inspectors and 30 police constables.Mane recently held a meeting of all the agencies like Nashik Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, police, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation etc on the issue. The Bombay high court had appointed a committee under divisional commissioner Rajaram Mane for tackling the Godavari river pollution.In its December 18 ruling, the HC made the Nashik divisional commissioner the nodal officer, who will coordinate with other agencies in Nashik, on the river pollution issue and oversee the implementation of the court’s directives.“We have sent a proposal to the state government to create a cell to protect Godavari by creating adequate number of police posts and funds,” Mane told TOI.The court has directed creation of the special cell that would be headed by a police officer at the rank of deputy commissioner of police. “I have also directed each of these agencies to quickly form a sub-committee that would focus and work on the river pollution issue,” he added.These sub-committees in each of these government agencies will be held accountable regarding Godavari pollution.Several environments have been airing their grievances regarding the river pollution and accusing various agencies of doing precious little to deal with the problem.In the meantime, NMC has decided to install 110 signages along the river bank in the city to spread awareness among locals and devotees and desist them from polluting the river.“These 110 boards will have a message that garbage should not be thrown into the river and washing of vehicles and cloths using river water would attract punitive action,” NMC sources added.City environmentalist Rajesh Pandit, who is a petitioner on the issue, has threatened to move court again if the government does not respond to the request of setting up a separate police cell to deal with river pollution.

Nashik: The high-powered committee for tackling Godavari river pollution has sought the approval of the state government to set up a special police cell for pollution watch.The panel has written to the state government seeking its nod on the issue. It has requested the government to create posts in that cell so that it can function properly. The Bombay high court had appointed a committee under divisional commissioner Rajaram Mane for tackling the Godavari river pollution.In its December 18 ruling, the HC made the Nashik divisional commissioner the nodal officer, who will coordinate with other agencies in Nashik, on the river pollution issue and oversee the implementation of the court’s directives.“We have sent a proposal to the state government to create a cell to protect Godavari by creating adequate number of police posts and funds,” Mane told TOI.The court has directed creation of the special cell that would be headed by a police officer at the rank of deputy commissioner of police. The cell will also include four police officials at the rank of police inspectors and 30 police constables.Mane recently held a meeting of all the agencies like Nashik Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, police, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation etc on the issue. “I have also directed each of these agencies to quickly form a sub-committee that would focus and work on the river pollution issue,” he added.These sub-committees in each of these government agencies will be held accountable regarding Godavari pollution.Several environments have been airing their grievances regarding the river pollution and accusing various agencies of doing precious little to deal with the problem.In the meantime, NMC has decided to install 110 signages along the river bank in the city to spread awareness among locals and devotees and desist them from polluting the river.“These 110 boards will have a message that garbage should not be thrown into the river and washing of vehicles and cloths using river water would attract punitive action,” NMC sources added.City environmentalist Rajesh Pandit, who is a petitioner on the issue, has threatened to move court again if the government does not respond to the request of setting up a separate police cell to deal with river pollution.

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