Sealed crushers ‘operating illegally’ in Yamunanagar; three shut again

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Yamunanagar, January 21

The owners of several stone crushers are allegedly running their units illegally after breaking the seals put up by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) for violating air and water pollution norms.

Pollution norms violated

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• The HSPCB had sealed 75 screening plants and stone crushers for alleged violation of air and water pollution norms
• The board authorities have requested the Haryana Mines and Geology Department to suspend their access to the e-rawana portal

On a tip-off, a team of the HSPCB, Yamunanagar, headed by Abhijeet Singh Tanwar, Assistant Environment Engineer, conducted an inspection at several stone crushers and found that there was no seal on the machineries of three stone crushers at Rampur Khadar village in the district. The three stone crushers were resealed by the team.

“However, these units were non-operational at that time,” said Virender Singh Punia, Regional Officer, HSPCB, Yamunanagar.

The stone crushers had been closed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board in compliance with a closure order issued by the chairman of the board in 2020 under Section 31-A of the Air Act, 1981.

The HSPCB had sealed 75 screening plants and stone crushers for alleged violation of air and water pollution norms. After resealing the three stone crushers, the authorities requested the Mines and Geology Department to suspend the 75 screening plants and stone crushers’ access to the e-rawana portal. Punia said they were keeping a close eye on stone crushers, screening plants and other units.