Patiala DC office to keep check on disposal of untreated waste
Ravneet Singh
Tribune News Service
Patiala, March 11
The Deputy Commissioner’s office will now keep a check on the disposal of untreated waste after illegal disposal at Sheesh Mahal colony was brought to the knowledge of the MC officials.
The local body is yet to act on the matter.
Untreated garbage waste has been dumped as landfills in dry ponds in violation of the NGT orders and pollution norms at Sheesh Mahal colony here.
The Municipal Corporation claimed that the garbage is not related to any of its projects. The officials added that they were yet to identify the perpetrators.
A tipper, along with a JCB machine, was working on the site when untreated garbage waste was dumped in dry ponds and then later covered with sand.
Officials in the PPCB said proper guidelines had been laid out for management of municipal waste. An official said: “Waste can’t be discarded in the open or dumped under sand without treatment. The Municipal Corporation should take action against those involved in the illegal act in its jurisdiction. The NGT is itself monitoring waste management.”
The official said capping of untreated waste could lead to emission of harmful gasses and groundwater pollution.
Karunesh Garg, member secretary, PPCB, said: “It is an illegal act if such a practice is being carried out under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation. We will take requisite action against those responsible.”
Municipal Corporation Commissioner Poonamdeep Kaur said the activity of waste disposal was not related to the local body. “Someone else is responsible for throwing garbage waste at the site. It is not related to our projects. We have, nevertheless, directed a sanitary officer to keep a watch to identify the people involved.”
