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NGT orders inspection of all Bahadurgarh industrial units
The National Green Tribunal has formed a joint committee to inspect industrial units in the HSIIDC Estate, Bahadurgarh, over alleged environmental violations. Led by the Jhajjar deputy commissioner, the panel must submit…
The Story in Brief
The National Green Tribunal has formed a joint committee to inspect industrial units in the HSIIDC Estate, Bahadurgarh, over alleged environmental violations. Led by the Jhajjar deputy commissioner, the panel must submit its report within eight weeks, a week before the next hearing on October 26.
The inspection will cover about 2,500 units and check environmental clearances, pollution-control equipment, waste disposal, compensation and consent permissions. The committee includes officials from the Haryana and Central Pollution Control Boards and the Union environment ministry. The petitioner alleged open dumping, waste burning, discharge into water bodies and night-time operations. The tribunal also considered geo-tagged photographs showing thick smoke. The allegations will now be tested through the committee’s findings.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that every factory in the estate is a polluter are as careless as treating the complaints as routine harassment of industry. The tribunal has ordered a unit-by-unit inspection because evidence was submitted for only eight units, despite the petitioner citing about 2,500. The useful outcome will be a public record showing how many lack valid consent, pollution controls or safe waste systems. The October 26 hearing should make that count harder to evade.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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