Daily Excelsior: Srinagar:
Saturday, 18 July 2020.
As
National Green Tribunal (NGT) and J&K High Court (HC) has taken cognizance
of illegal dumping of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) by Municipal Council Sopore
at Ninglee Tarzoo area near Wullar wetland, the municipal authorities today hired
more than 150 labourers along with JCBs to earth fill the entire garbage
dumping site.
This was
stated by Chairman, Jammu & Kashmir RTI Movement, Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat, in
a statement. He said that this was being done by the MC Sopore to mislead NGT
and J&K High Court as they have sought a detailed report from the
Government about this illegal garbage dumping.
“Municipal
Institutions are the guardians of environment and wetlands but they themselves
are destroying the same. MC Sopore was supposed to enforce the laws governing
the environment especially Environmental Protection Act 1986 and MSW Rules 2016
but this council has turned out to be lawbreaker as unsegregated waste is being
dumped at Ninglee, a catchment of Wullar Lake for the last 5 months,” Dr Bhat
said.
He said
as the High Court Chief Justice in her order has said that she would make
personal inspection of the area, the authorities in order to hide their
misdeeds are further committing a crime by earth filling and burning the waste.
“But we have video-graphed everything and will be producing the same before the
NGT and High Court of J&K soon,” Dr Bhat who is also the petitioner before
NGT on Wullar wetland garbage dumping, added.
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