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January 2017 The Globalization Bulletin Environment January 2017 NEWS COVERAGE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 23RD TO JANUARY 30TH 2017 SEPA SEALS SEVEN FACTORIES FOR VIOLATING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS Dawn, January 25th, 2017 Gohar Ali Khan HYDERABAD: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) closed down seven factories in Hyderabad Site on Tuesday due to their serious violation of the Sindh Environmental Protection Act, 2014 and Sindh Environmental Quality Standard (SEQS). “We have sent several notices to seven industrial units of Hyderabad Site for three years, but they failed to comply with the Sepa 2014, SEQS, rules and regulations. The factory owners also failed to give undertaking and did not appear in personal hearings before the Sepa DG,” Hyderabad Sepa regional head Muneer Ahmed Abbasi told Dawn. He said the seven units were continuously engaged in violation of Sepa 2014 and other rules. “We took action against them by issuing an environmental protection order (EPO) in order to close down operation of these units,” he said. He stated that the EPO was issued for closure of 15 units the Site area, but the Sepa team successfully closed down seven units and another eight would be shut on Wednesday. He said Sepa stopped crackdown because of some issues during night hours in the industrial zone. Mr Abbasi with his team took action with the help of the district police and administration on the special directives of Sepa director general Naeem Ahmed Mughal. He said the factories were discharging untreated waste water into Phulelli canal and this water was taking a heavy toll on around two million people who drank canal water, used it for other domestic purposes and irrigated agricultural land. PROTEST: Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry president Mohammad Akram Ansari and other office-bearers have expressed grave concern over closure of seven industrial units in Hyderabad Site area by Sepa. They said several workers would be rendered unemployed if those units were shut down, according to a press release issued on Tuesday. They demanded of the Sindh chief minister and Sepa head to help stop crackdown against factories. They also demanded that the Site authorities must be directed to ensure proper infrastructure, sewerage system and sanitation in Hyderabad Site. They pleaded for organising awareness programmes so that all factory owners could know about the Sindh environmental Protection Act 2014 and environmental pollution could be controlled in a peaceful way. The Globalization Bulletin Environment The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) conducted public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a new cement plant being built by Power Cement Limited (PCL), said a press release on Tuesday. The hearing, held at a local hotel, was attended by stakeholders including academia, non- governmental organisations, representatives of various departments and local residents of the project site. Senior environmentalist Dr G.R. Keerio said during the question and answer session that implementation of health, safety and environment management system was very important. Most of the industries ignored the importance of health and safety aspects which resulted in occupational issues, he said. Dr Salman Shah, a professor in the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, said that PCL might collaborate with the university’s department of chemical engineering to undertake research and development project which might benefit the cement industry in the long run. Representatives of locals of the area pointed out that employment should be provided to locals instead of hiring people from other areas. Former secretary of environment Shamsul Haq Memon said that the PCL must undertake extensive tree plantation in the area in collaboration with Sindh forest department because biodiversity was under serious stress in the project area. He also stressed the need for a hospital in the area. PCL CEO Kashif Habib promised to follow the recommendation of the EIA and the stakeholders. Sepa director (technical) Waqar Hussain Phulpoto, who chaired the hearing, said that the agency would not leave any stone unturned in protecting environment and natural resources of Sindh. The department had taken serious actions against violators of the Sindh Environmental Protection Act, 2014, he said. Earlier, Saquib Ejaz Hussain, representative of EMC Pakistan Private Ltd, which conducted the EIA study, said that PCL intended to expand its cement production capacity from 3,000 total ton production (tpd) to 10,700 tons per day and therefore planned to construct 7,700 tpd capacity integrated cement plant at Power Cement Complex on the Superhighway. The project site is situated adjacent to the proposed Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway M9 route at a distance of 80km from Karachi. He said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was the major reason for increased local demand of cement. The demand would rise in future, he added. http://www.dawn.com/news/1310521 POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT Dawn, January 26th, 2017 FOR the state, safeguarding the environment is quite obviously low on its list of priorities. However, at times, either due to the hue and cry raised by citizens, or the efforts of conscientious public The Globalization Bulletin Environment servants, major environmental hazards are highlighted, after which the state scrambles to formulate a response to the problem. Two issues currently under the spotlight in Sindh are pollution of the province’s water resources and degradation of the environment by certain industries. As reported in Wednesday’s paper, a judicial commission in Sindh formed by the Supreme Court in response to an individual’s petition has ordered the relevant government departments to submit a report on the discharge of effluent by industries. According to another report, seven factories in Hyderabad’s SITE area were sealed after the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency noted that the concerns were flouting environmental protection laws. These actions are welcome and it is hoped that state organs tasked with monitoring environmental standards remain alert. The fact is that Sindh — as well as other parts of Pakistan — suffers from high levels of pollution. For example, a recent conference held at Karachi University was told that 40pc of the Sindh capital’s population was exposed to “highly polluted air”, while 65pc of its citizens lived in areas with “elevated levels of noise pollution”. Moreover, the judicial commission, currently touring Sindh, was earlier told that the metropolis received 200 million gallons of unfiltered water daily. Matters in other parts of the province are no better; while surveying the situation in Sukkur, the commission was told that only three of 29 water treatment plants in the upper Sindh city were functional. This degraded state of the environment has both short- and long-term effects on people’s health and quality of life. It would not be enough for the state to just point out how much pollution exists; the next step should be to implement policies to bring down the level of pollution. https://www.dawn.com/news/1310703/polluted-environment ‘HUMAN PRESSURES, LOW RAINFALL THREATEN THAR WILDLIFE’ Dawn, January 26th, 2017 Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: Rare species of birds have almost disappeared while many other species of fauna and flora are on the verge of extinction in Tharparkar on account of increased human pressures and reduced rainfall. These points were highlighted on Wednesday during a seminar held at the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) of Karachi University (KU). Titled ‘Protection of wildlife in Thar’, the programme provided the audience, largely comprising university students, valuable insight into the rich biodiversity of the region. The best part of the event, however, was a documentary titled Nagarparkar; the Endangered Wilderness credited to the Sindh wildlife department. Though a bit dated as it didn’t include the developments which had occurred in the region over the past few years, the documentary educated the audience on Thar’s rich heritage of flora and fauna and the many factors threatening their existence. The Globalization Bulletin Environment These factors included illegal hunting, poaching, habitat fragmentation, range-land degradation, burgeoning human population, overgrazing and over-harvesting, cutting of trees and smuggling of valuable flora. All of these factors had brought many wildlife species of both flora and fauna to the brink of extinction. The signs of the damaged ecosystem, the film showed, were visible all over Nagarparkar, part of the Rann of Kutch wildlife sanctuary that also includes Mithi and Diplo towns of Tharparkar. The region, brought to life by unpredictable rains, had been proved by studies to be one of the most fertile areas in the country boasting of rare herbs and shrubs. The number of migratory birds that once visited the region in large numbers has also come down, mainly on account of rampant illegal hunting. The film featured images of the saras crane, a species that used to breed in Nagarparkar. The beautiful birds were forced to leave when one of the birds in a flock was shot down in 1996. The same treatment was meted out to the blue bulls that crossed into Pakistan and were greeted with bullets. A few species thrived in the region and prominent among them were the blue peafowl and vultures. But the population of animals like the blue bull, wild ass, hyenas, gazelle and the many reptiles like the Indian crate, cobra, vipers as well as lizards had seriously declined. The film concluded with the message that the wildlife — which had lost their feeding and breeding grounds in Pakistan — could once again visit this country if wildlife conservation measures were taken. Replying to questions, Sindh wildlife conservator Saeed Baloch spoke of challenges the department faced, including lack of infrastructure and opportunities for capacity building. He, however, defended the department’s decision of granting approval to mining activities in the wildlife sanctuary, arguing that a similar decision was taken when a gas pipeline was to be built in the Khirthar National Park years ago.
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