BEFORE the NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI ORIGINAL APPLICATION No
BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI ORIGINAL APPLICATION No. 94 OF 2021 (SZ)
IN THE MATTER OF:
Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the News item in Deccan Chronicle Newspaper, Dt.16.03.2021, “Garbage piles on roads, foul smell, as GHMC removes Bins under new initiative”. ens Applicant(s)
Versus
Pri. Secretary, ES&T Dept., Govt of Telangana & 4 Others wc Respondent(s)
RUNNING INDEX
SI. Particulars Page Nos. No. 1. Report of the Telangana State Pollution Control 1-4 Board (Respondent No. 5).
2. | Annexure—I TSPCB letter dated 22.03.2021 addressed to the 5 Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (Respondent No. 4).
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 18-06-2021.
REPORT OF THE TELANGANA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD_IN O.A.NO.94 OF 2021 IN SUO MOTU BASED ON THE NEWS ITEM IN DECCAN CHRONICLE NEWS PAPER DATED 16.03.2021 UNDER THE CAPTION “GARBAGE PILES ON ROADS, FOUL SMELL, AS GHMC REMOVES BINS UNDER NEW INITIATIVE”
It is to submit that the Hon’ble NGT, Chennai has registered Suo Motu case on the basis of the newspaper report published in Deccan Chronicle News Paper dated 16.03.2021 under the caption “Garbage piles on roads, foul smell, as Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) removes bins under new initiative’.
It is alleged in the newspaper report that on account of initiative taken by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to make Hyderabad a bin-free city and they are taking steps to collect the garbage generated from the houses. But in spite of that, garbage is being dumped on the road sides causing serious health hazards. It is also alleged in the newspaper report that there was no proper collection of garbage from this area which results in serious health hazards to the people in that locality.
The Hon’ble NGT vide order dated 08.04.2021, constituted a Joint Committee comprising of following:-
1. District Collector or representative (not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate / Assistant Collector), Hyderabad District. 2. Senior Officer, TSPCB
3. Commissioner or Senior Officer, GHMC
The Hon'ble NGT directed the Joint Committee to inspect the area and submit a factual and Action Taken Report.
The Hon'ble NGT heard the matter on 28.05.2021 and directed the official respondents, the Municipal Corporation and Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) to file an independent report regarding the steps taken by them to implement the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
In compliance to the order the following is submitted for kind consideration:
> The Board addressed to the Pri. Secretary to the Govt., MA&UD Dept., vide letter dated 03.03.2020 and other Stakeholder Departments to furnish action taken report on the thematic areas, which includes Solid Waste Management as per the Hon’ble NGT Order dated 12.09.2019. Subsequently, the Board addressed letters to the MA&UD Dept., and
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> In addition to the above, the GHMC has also proposed to establish another Waste to Energy plant of capacity 14.5 MW at Dundigal, Medchal-Malkajigiri District to utilise the RDF generated from the Integrated processing facility of Jawaharnagar. The Board issued CFE to the facility vide order dt.01.07.2020 to utilise 1000 TPD of RDF. The facility is under erection and commissioning will be done by December, 2021.
TSPCB is continuously monitoring the facility every month for compliance of the SWM Rules.
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ef & With reference to above, it is to submit that the a newspaper article published in Deccan Chronicle on 16.03.2021 under the caption “ Garbage piles on roads, foul smell, as GHMC removes bins under new Initiative”.
In view of the above, it is to inform that, the Local body to obey and strictly implement the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 while collection, segregation, storage transportation and disposal
This is submitted for kind information
Yours faithfully, CP ont Par ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER Copy submitted to SEE (MSW), TSPCB, Board Office, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad for kind information and necessary action.