Bindu Shajan Perappadan, The Hindu
Residents of Sukhdev Vihar, Okhla, have on Saturday
written to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi
Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) against Delhi’s Jindal’s
Timarpur-Okhla waste management incinerator stating that the plant is
yet again spewing toxic ash.
Earlier the group had written to the National Human Rights Commission on March 28 appealing for help.
In
their letter to the CPCB and DPCC, area residents noted: “The excessive
dust fall was noticed, reported and inspected by the environmental
watchdogs in December 2014 and later in January and February this year.
We understand that the plant proponent were issued warning letter for
the December incident and later a show cause notice was also issued. We
were given to understand that the reply to the show cause notice was not
satisfactory.”
The residents add that the spewing of
the ash by the incinerator is a frequent occurrence which causes
serious public health issues and warrants closure of the plant.
“We
are beginning to lose confidence in the National Green Tribunal. In
view of the fatal threat from the ongoing hazardous ash-fall from the
municipal waste incinerator plant based on the Chinese technology, the
NHRC’s imminent intervention will save the health of present and future
generation of Delhi residents. Pregnant women, infants and older people
are suffering from diseases caused by the plant’s toxic waste,” said an
area resident Vimal Monga.
Gopal Krishna of NGO
Toxics Watch Alliance, which has been working to highlight the plight of
the residents here, said: “Residents living around an incinerator and
other pollution sources have as per various studies shown significant
increase in lung cancer related specifically to the incinerator. Doctors
have noted that those living within 7.5 km of incinerators display risk
of cancers specifically of stomach, colorectal, liver and lung cancer.”
Keywords: Sukhdev Vihar, Timarpur-Okhla waste management incinerator, Jindal waste incinerator, air pollution
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