Chandrapur: In the assessment of landmarks against a very pollution super thermal power station (CSTP) here, the bench Pune Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Mahagenco to deposit compensation while RS5 Crore and took improvement steps to curb air, water and pollution Land within three months.
The NGT bench consisting of Chief Justice Adarsh ​​Kumar Goel, Judicial Member of Justice Sudhir Agrawal, Justice Brijesh Setyhi, Expert member Prof.
Senthil Vel and Dr.
Afroz Ahmad has directed the establishment of a combined committee of members from the Ministry of Environment’s Regional Office, Forest and Climate Change ( MOEFCC), Central Pollution Control Agency (CPCB), and Maharashtra (MPCB) pollution control agency.
The Committee will monitor the action of repairs, and have access to compensation from past violations as well, given the violation period, based on CSTP’s financial capacity.
The bench has clearly warned that it would close the CSPP unit that polluted if the respondent failed to obey the direction, regardless of the prosecution.
Orders state that if the steps needed to prevent sustainable pollution not be taken within three months, CSTP will pay further compensation from RS1 Crore per month for the next three months.
If non-compliance continues to exceed six months, the combined committee can increase the amount of progressive compensation and / or operate pollution activities to compliance, regardless of prosecution.
The next court states that temporary compensation will be subject to final compensation assessed by the combined committee, after following the process.
The amount of compensation will be stored with MPCB to be used for the environmental recovery and health of the area.
The order also directs the combined committee to get a health impact assessment study for chandrapur carried out by coordinating with the main secretary, the Ministry of Health, or with the involvement of medical institutions or other experts.
In the light of the research, the plan must be prepared to remove victims and for improving health in the area.
Apart from the project in question, other projects in polluted areas must be asked to contribute to environmental improvement and public health in such proportions as can be found feasible and reasonable, NGT Order states.
Tribunal said the joint committee could meet in one month.
The Committee will be free to carry out online processes, except for visits to the site, and coordinate with authority or other experts or institutions, and interact with stakeholders.
The committee will also monitor compliance according to the law.
The combined committee can submit a report of compliance status, among others, in connection with air quality, installing FGD, pollution due to dust from the mining area during the movement of raw materials to plants, water pollution due to porridge fly ash, and flying ash utilization and management between July 31 to August 15 Registrants, Pune Bench, are possible, if necessary, place the problem before the next direction.
Roving Industrialism and President Chandrapur MIDC Industries Association Madhusudan Roongta has submitted WRIT’s request before Nagpur Bench High Court Bombay in 2017 against violations of environmental norms by CSPO Mahagenco, and WCl), Chandrapur.
The applicant has accused emissions outside the norms that were prescribed under the Clause 25 of Schedule-I to Environmental Rules (Protection), 1986.
Problems in the notification of notifications on January 25, 2016, was issued by MoeFCC who needed disposal of FLY ASH on December 31 December 31, 2017, also grew up in the petition.
MPCB ​​and power plants submit a reply before the Nagpur bench the High Court denies violations of environmental norms and also raises objections that the problem must be transferred to NGT.
Thus, the Vit command on January 1, 2020, the High Court shifted this problem to NGT.
However, after that, no one included appearance on behalf of the applicant before the court and the problem was called by the pune bench to the main bench in New Delhi.
Request then transferred again to Pune Bench of NGT to hear further.
Adv Navin Maheshwari appeared for the Petitioner Madhusudhan Roongta before the court.