HP pollution board constitutes panel to check illegal dumping in river basins

To check the ille­gal and unsci­en­tific dump­ing by the Hydro-power projects and other projects on the river and nul­lah, the Himachal Pradesh State Pol­lu­tion Con­trol Board (HPSPCB) has con­sti­tuted a spe­cial com­mit­tee, which will mon­i­tor waste dis­posal by these projects.

The com­mit­tee will visit the dump­ing sites of most of power projects in state along with other sites of devel­op­ment activ­ity and expected to sub­mit its report within week. They have been asked to rec­om­mend action wher­ever any major steps need to be taken.

The unsci­en­tific dump­ing by hydro-power projects and cement or other indus­tries caused dam­age to ecol­ogy, geog­ra­phy or topog­ra­phy and Pol­lu­tion con­trol board has decided to act tough against the violators.

Many envi­ron­men­tal­ists have already expressed their con­cern over the unsci­en­tific dump­ing of muck and debris by var­i­ous inde­pen­dent power pro­duc­ers in river basins and small nul­lah, which can pose a major threat espe­cially in mon­soon sea­son. Experts too admit that there is an urgent need to have well-designed engi­neer­ing struc­tures for retain­ing the con­struc­tion debris and muck which need to be mon­i­tored reg­u­larly for sta­bil­ity of the dump­ing site.

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HP pollution board constitutes panel to check illegal dumping in river basins