Conduct another round of inspection in 3 Waste-to-Energy plants in Delhi for flouting emission norms: NGT to CPCB

New Delhi, Oct 1 (KNN) The Committee formed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) to check industries pollution in the national capital has found that three plants in the city are not complying with emission standards and thus generating pollution.

A joint inspection committee of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel that the Waste-to-Energy Plants at Okhla, Ghazipur and Bawana are non-compliant with respect to the standards of the particulate matter emitted by them.

With regard to the report submitted by committee, the NGT said “if the project proponents fail to maintain the standards, even after rectifying the deficiencies noticed in the joint inspection report, the Central Pollution Control Board may recommend imposition of fine for the environmental damage caused by them.”

The green panel to check polluting industries also directed the CPCB to send a copy of its report to the project proponents of Okhla, Ghazipur and Bawana Waste-to-Energy Plant for compliance and conduct another inspection within a month in view of the fact that the earlier inspection was carried out in February.

The tribunal had earlier directed the Delhi government and the civic bodies to submit an action plan for identifying alternative landfill sites and setting up waste-to-energy plants in the city.