Pollution board chief pulls up officials of Panipat and Sonepat districts for violating norms

Tribune News Service

Panipat, September 20

Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) Chairman Bhure Lal yesterday pulled up officials of Panipat and Sonepat districts after he found norms being violated at various places.

He found solid waste and construction waste on the roadside in Sector 25 during his visit to the “Textile City” and several lapses in the construction of NH-44 by the NHAI and the management of solid waste in HSIIDC in Sonepat.

He had reached Panipat via Ghaziabad, Bulandshehar, Merrut and Kairana in Uttar Pradesh to take stock of the pollution and garbage management and to check other parameters responsible for pollution in the national capital region (NCR). He visited the garbage dumping site in Nimbri village on Panipat-Sanoli road in Sectors 25 and 29.

Sushil Kumar, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Panipat (MCP); Kamaljeet Singh, Regional Officer, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) along with his team; Jagmal Singh, XEn, HSVP, and other officers were present during his visit.

He pulled up the officers while reaching Nimbri dumping yard and directed officers to send the garbage at a solid waste management plant as soon as possible.

Pulling up the MCP officials, the Chairman directed them to clean the sites and shift garbage dumping yards from the open area of Sector 25. He also directed them to provide treated water to industrialists again.

He also got annoyed at seeing black smoke emitting from the chimney of an industrial unit here and directed the HSPCB member secretary to initiate action against the industry.

Besides, the Chairman also visited various areas in Sonepat and found several anomalies in the management of solid waste in the HSIIDC industrial area and norms being violated at construction sites in Sonepat area. He also found several lapses in the widening of the NH-44 from Delhi to Panipat.

S Narayanan, Member Secretary, HSPCB said: “We will comply with the directions issued. Notices will be served to the industrial unit in Panipat and the NHAI for violating norms.”