The National Green Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi has permitted the Pauri Municipal Council to use the site as a temporary dumping and disposal ground for MSW as proposed in the tribunal by counsel of Uttarakhand State during the final hearing on Tuesday on the writ petition filed by Himalaya Environment and Employment Cooperative Society ltd president Ashok Thapliyal. NGT directed that the collection, dumping and disposal of the waste at this site should be strictly done in accordance with the MSW rules 2000.
The tribunal said the applicant would be free to move the Tribunal either by filing a fresh petition or reviving this petition in the event of the direction not being carried out by the State authorities. Ashok Thapliyal told The Pioneer that the respondent State Government counsel had submitted the proposal, saying that they are proposing the site at Khasra No. 3681 in Patti Nadulsyun with in municipal limits of Nagar Palika Parishad Pauri and measuring about 1200 sq.meters to be developed as a permanent site for dumping and disposal of MSW or any other site which may become available to administration in the near future on obtaining consent from the Board of Environment in accordance with the law.
The tribunal gave permission to use the site as a temporary site for dumping and disposal of MSW.
The NGT has given the permission to use the proposed site for dumping and disposal of MSW with certain conditions under MSW rules 2000. The authorities will ensure that the MSW collected on daily basis is properly dumped in the pits within a period of two days from its transportation to the site. The transportation shall be done through proper vehicles duly covered to ensure that they do not cause any environment hazard as result of spillage during transportation.