Himachal Pradesh task force teams to check Ghaggar polluters

  • | Wednesday | 12th September, 2018

Under the statutory scheme, the pollution control boards are required to prosecute all those who may be responsible for discharging effluents beyond standards and also to close all those commercial establishments which are discharging such effluents and take other penal measures, the order stated. The pollution board regional officer will also be the member secretary of the district-level STF.At district level, the STF will identify persons responsible for discharging of industrial and municipal effluents into the Ghaggar and its tributaries.It will submit a monthly action taken report to the state-level STF, which will furnish quarterly report or the action taken report to the Central Pollution Control Board. Such reports will also be uploaded on the websites of the state pollution control board as well as the department of environment, science and technology.During the last hearing held on August 7, the tribunal was informed about the findings of the joint inspection report which stated that values of various parameters were beyond permissible limits at most of the locations in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh.“It is, thus, fully established that there is failure on the part of the statutory authorities, specially the pollution control boards formed to perform their duties,” the tribunal had stated in its order. SHIMLA: In compliance with the National Green Tribunal orders on August 7, the Himachal Pradesh government has constituted special task force (STF) teams at state and district level to identify those discharging effluents beyond set standards into the tributaries of Ghaggar, leading to water pollution and thus violating the laws.The officers included in the state-level special task include chief secretary, additional chief secretary (environment, science and technology), additional chief secretary (urban development) and HP State Pollution Control Board member secretary.The district-level team for Solan and Sirmaur will have the deputy commissioners, nominee of the district concerned and sessions judge, superintendent of police, executive officer of the local bodies of the district concerned and HP State Pollution Control Board regional officer of the district concerned.

SHIMLA: In compliance with the National Green Tribunal orders on August 7, the Himachal Pradesh government has constituted special task force (STF) teams at state and district level to identify those discharging effluents beyond set standards into the tributaries of Ghaggar, leading to water pollution and thus violating the laws.The officers included in the state-level special task include chief secretary, additional chief secretary (environment, science and technology), additional chief secretary (urban development) and HP State Pollution Control Board member secretary.The district-level team for Solan and Sirmaur will have the deputy commissioners, nominee of the district concerned and sessions judge, superintendent of police, executive officer of the local bodies of the district concerned and HP State Pollution Control Board regional officer of the district concerned. The pollution board regional officer will also be the member secretary of the district-level STF.At district level, the STF will identify persons responsible for discharging of industrial and municipal effluents into the Ghaggar and its tributaries.It will submit a monthly action taken report to the state-level STF, which will furnish quarterly report or the action taken report to the Central Pollution Control Board. Such reports will also be uploaded on the websites of the state pollution control board as well as the department of environment, science and technology.During the last hearing held on August 7, the tribunal was informed about the findings of the joint inspection report which stated that values of various parameters were beyond permissible limits at most of the locations in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh.“It is, thus, fully established that there is failure on the part of the statutory authorities, specially the pollution control boards formed to perform their duties,” the tribunal had stated in its order. Under the statutory scheme, the pollution control boards are required to prosecute all those who may be responsible for discharging effluents beyond standards and also to close all those commercial establishments which are discharging such effluents and take other penal measures, the order stated.

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