Suspend eRawana access to 75 plants, stone crushers: Haryana State Pollution Control Board
Shiv Kumar Sharma
Yamunanagar, January 16
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has asked the authorities of the Mines and Geology Department to suspend the eRawana portal access to 75 screening plants and stone crushers in Yamunanagar district.
Sealed plants still operating
- The HSPCB authorities were reportedly getting information that owners of several plants were running their units after breaking seals
- The HSPCB sealed 60 screening plants and 15 stones crushers for allegedly violating norms laid down by the government under the Air and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Acts in the past
The authorities of the HSPCB, Yamunanagar, wrote a letter for suspending the portal access, after they reportedly got information that several screening plants and stone crushers were being run after breaking seals put by the HSPCB authorities.
Sources said the HSPCB authorities sealed 60 screening plants and 15 stone crushers for allegedly violating norms laid down by the government under the Air and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Acts in the past.
But, the HSPCB authorities were getting information through different sources that the owners of several plants were running their units after breaking the seals of their plants.
“There are several screening plants and stone crushers in Yamunanagar district, for which the closure directions had been issued by the Chairman of the HSPCB, in the past. These plants had already been sealed by the HSPCB. But to ensure strict compliance of the closure directions, the portal access to those plants needs to be suspended,” said Virender Punia, Regional Officer, HSPCB, Yamunanagar.
He said he had recently written a letter to the District Mining Officer, Yamunanagar, requesting him for suspending the eRawana portal access to those screening plants and stone crushers, against which the closure directions had already been issued by the HSPCB.
Om Dutt Sharma, District Mining Officer, Yamunanagar, said he got a letter from the HSPCB regarding the suspension of the portal access to 75 screening plants and stone crushers.
“We will write to our higher authorities seeking directions for taking action against those screening plants and stone crushers,” said Sharma.
