Public interest litigation against waste plant sent to National Green Tribunal

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 26 Januari 2013 | 22.10

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has sent a PIL seeking closure of a waste-to-energy plant near a residential colony in the capital, to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for hearing and subsequent decision.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain cited a verdict of the Supreme Court which had said the courts would desist from hearing matters, relating to environmental issues and, rather send all of them to the green panel which came into being in 2010.

"It would be appropriate if the matter is transferred to the tribunal," the bench said.

The PIL, filed in 2009 by Sukhdev Vihar RWA, has alleged the waste-to-energy plant, generating electricity at Okhla near a colony, burn wastes which release harmful 'dioxins' into the air.

The citizens, living in proximity of the plant were falling sick with respiratory and other ailments, the PIL has claimed and sought the plant's closure also on the ground that it was commercially not viable. As per the rules, such plants cannot be established near residential areas, it has argued.

Earlier, the Delhi government and other concerned authorities had taken the plea that the plant was safe and the state-of-the-art technology had been used and, hence, it did not pose a threat either to the people or the environment.


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