Residents of Sheeshambada area protested at Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) regarding the functioning of the solid waste management and recycling plant which has been operating for more than five months without No Objection Certificate (NOC).
They met a board official and raised questions regarding the said plant.The locals met the chief environment officer Sudarshan S Pal and raised questions concerning the dumping of the garbage by Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) without NOC from the board. According to one of the locals Satpal Dhani, “Initially the officials did not have any answer to our queries but later they told us that a notice has been issued by the board to MCD on February 1 in which they have asked to respond to the board within fifteen days regarding the management of garbage on the site.”
It is pertinent to mention that locals of Sheeshambada area are protesting for past few months complaining that the solid waste management and recycling plant is causing health problems like skin allergies and sickness besides noise pollution and foul smell in the area.
Recently the chairperson of State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR), Usha Negi had also written to the UEPPCB after the locals complained that children are being forced to remain indoors and wear a mask all day due to the pungent stench and disease causing germs in the environment.