Gurgaon: Worried about the proposed construction of the waste-to-energy plant on the TPA Bandhwari website, various groups of residents, including Aravalli Bachao, citizens for clear air and NCR waste, have been written to the Haryana state pollution control board (HSPCB), said the site It is located at the Eco-sensitive Aravali belt, which is the green lung Delhi-NCR and the main groundwater refill zone.
They expressed concern about the effects of plant pollution in the ecosystem.
The public hearing to listen to objections and suggestions about proposed plants will be held on August 31.
In some letters sent over the past week, groups show that hearing notification claims that environmental impact assessments are available on the HSPCB website, but it has not been uploaded, even though the trial is within five days.
“There is no logical sense to burn mixed waste and create more pollution.
As many as 60% of our waste is wet food waste.
You cannot burn wet waste and expect it to produce electricity,” said Neelam Ahluwalia from Aravalli Bachao.
At present, the TPA is 40m high with more than 33 lakh tons of waste, and an additional 2,000 tons dumped every day, activists said.
“With a large number of legacy waste still occupying the site, there is not enough land to establish plants,” said Monika Gulati, the founder of the NCR waste important.
The groups urged the Government of Haryana to adopt a sustainable and decentralized waste management model for the city.
“Even when residents are willing to implement decentralized waste management, the corporation of the city of Gurgaon (MCG) has shown a little interest in promoting or enforcing it.
There is a terrible need to implement the planned recovery plan of city level resources,” said Ruchika Sethi Takkar, founder of citizens for clean air .
When contacted, the Secretary of the HSPCB member, Narayanan said he had not received the letters.
“I will check why environmental impact assessments are not available, because we have asked officials to do so to make the whole process of transparent,” he said.
Commissioner MCG Mukesh Ahuja said they were trying to improve in-situ management to extend the life of landfill.
“In-situ management is the main thing that needs to be taken care of.
For remote areas that cannot be borne, the bandhwari plant will help.
Sonepat recently started the same plant, which managed to walk,” Ahuja said.