Four marriage gardens in Indore have been sealed for violating the Air Pollution Act and Water Pollution Act. City planner Vishnu Khare informed that a stern action was taken on the marriage gardens violating the Acts here on Monday.
Khare further informed that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Central zonal branch, Bhopal has taken an action in compliance with Air Pollution Act and Water Pollution Act under Act 1981 section 21. The action was taken against the marriage gardens, as they were open and were operated against the act, he informed.
The marriage gardens that faced action included Kings Park Marriage Garden owned by Jagdish Batra, Madhuban Garden, Vrindavan Garden and Gokul Garden owned by Rajendra Singh Bhullar. Khare informed that these four marriage gardens are situated near the river and are found violating the Water Pollution Act.
He further said that these marriage gardens shad to get proper permission to be operated from the respective location. Khare said that earlier Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board had sent notices to the respective owners, but there were no response from them.
later the officials of the board went for an inspection of the respective gardens and found violation of the orders given by Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board.
After finding their fault, the officials have sealed all the four marriage gardens. During the inspection city planner Vishnu Khare, BO Nagendra Bhadauria, Assistant Commissioner Arti Khedekar, zonal officer Sunil Gupta and officials from pollution control board were present.
Khare informed that the notices that were earlier sent to the garden owners clearly stated that the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board is implementing the environment rules across the state under water act 1974, section 4. According to this, operating the gardens near river bank falls within the purview of Air Act 1981 and water act 1974. Hence, it is mandatory for the owners to take the consent of the pollution board.
There was no action taken at these locations and so the pollution level in nearby areas has increased, said Khare. While inspecting the Madhuban, Vrindavan and Gokul marriage gardens violation of all the acts was found. There was no proper arrangements done and there was pollution increasing in nearby areas.
The marriage gardens have been found violating Water Pollution Act 1984 section 24, 2526, Air Pollution Act section 21 and 22.
A proper action would be taken under water act section 33 and 34, air pollution act section 37 and 39 and the gardens have been sealed under Water Pollution Act section 33 A and Air Pollution Act section 31 A.