Right to operate stone crushers not above right to life, says NGT
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Following a plea towards unlawful operation of stone crushers in Haryana’s Mahendergarh, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) held that stone crushers can’t be allowed to operate within the absence of carrying capability when it comes to air high quality.
A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel mentioned, “Precautionary principle has to be applied having regard to impact of air pollution on health. Right of citizens to breathe fresh air cannot be denied and right of operating stone crushers cannot get preference over and above the right to life on specious plea that the stone crushers were set up as per sitting parameters allowed by the State without study of impact of the carrying capacity.”
Tribunal to CPCB
The tribunal additionally directed a joint committee together with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take steps when it comes to a July 2019 order, with respect to the carrying capability of the world and the well being impression of the operation of stone crushers on the residents.
“The joint committee may go by the order of the High Court and the State government as far as sitting criteria is concerned but close illegally polluting stone crushers in terms of all other environmental norms, including the air quality [and] illegal water extraction. The joint committee may also study the health impact on the inhabitants and take remedial action,” the tribunal mentioned.
The instructions got here when the inexperienced panel was listening to a petition moved by petitioners Mahenra Singh and Tejpal Yadav who contended that the stone crushers had been situated shut to plantations, reserve forests, instructional establishments and in clusters.
“The area is critical or over exploited in terms of the groundwater but groundwater is being illegally extracted. There is scarcity of water even for drinking purposes. There is no proper disclosure and evaluation of the source of water for operation of the stone crushers and no steps are taken to mitigate dust and air pollution,” the plea had contended.
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