National Green Tribunal Southern Zone vs The Chief Secretary To Govt. Of ... on 8 December, 2022

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National Green Tribunal

National Green Tribunal Southern Zone vs The Chief Secretary To Govt. Of ... on 8 December, 2022

Bench: K. Satyagopal

Item No.8:-
              BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL
                   SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI

                            (Through Video Conference)

                    Original Application No.100 of 2021 (SZ)

IN THE MATTER OF:

Tribunal on its own motion
Suo Motu based on the news item published in
The Hindu Newspaper, Chennai Edition dt. 09.04.2021,
"Dumping of garbage foiled near Anamalai, trucks seized"

                                      With

The Chief Secretary to Government of
Tamil Nadu, Chennai and Ors.
                                                               ...Respondent(s)

Date of hearing: 08.12.2022.


CORAM:

HON'BLE Smt. JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA, JUDICIAL MEMBER

HON'BLE Dr. SATYAGOPAL KORLAPATI, EXPERT MEMBER


For Applicant(s):         Suo Motu by Court.

For Respondent(s):        Dr. D. Shanmuganathan for R1, R3, R5, R7, R9, R13 &
                          R20 to R27.
                          Mr. S. Sai Sathya Jith for R11.
                          Ms. Niveditha S Menon represented
                          Mrs. V.K. Rema Smrithi for R12.
                          Mr. G. Vignesh represented
                          Mr. E.K. Kumaresan for R2, R4, R6, R8, R10, R14 &
                          R28 to R34.
                          Mrs. D. Kamatchi for R17 & R18.
                          Mr. R. Thirunavukarasu for CPCB.


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                                     ORDER

1. This is the Suo Motu case taken up by this Tribunal on the basis of the report published in Dinamalar Daily dated 09.04.2021 on the news that the biomedical waste from the State of Kerala being dumped in the State of Tamil Nadu by lorries. One more news item with caption "Dumping of garbage foiled near Anamalai, trucks seized"

was published in The Hindu daily dated 09.04.2021.

2. While this matter is being heard and several reports and representations are received, there is yet another unfortunate news reported in Dinamalar Tamil Daily dated 07.12.2022 which has enlisted the number of occasions on which the waste of all kinds viz., Municipal waste, Fish waste, Biomedical waste, etc. are being dumped near Pollachi, Nilgiris, Anaimalai and Namakkal. It is more in the region of Pollachi Taluk.

3. Unless a serious step is taken by the Government in this regard, such kind of dumping from outside the states cannot be stopped. In this regard, already the Chief Secretary to Government both the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala were made as a party to this proceeding.

4. The District Collector of bordering districts viz., Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Dindigul, Theni, Virudhunagar, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari in the State of Tamil Nadu and Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram and Wayanad in the State of Kerala also may be Suo Motu impleaded.

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5. So, the above said District Collectors are impleaded Suo Motu as respondents Nos.20 to 34 respectively and let the Government Pleaders representing the respective District Collectors apprise them of the issue and obtain individual reports from each of them. The learned Government Pleader of both the states are also directed to furnish the papers to the respective District Collectors and get appropriate instructions in this regard and file an individual report of each of them.

6. Post the matter on 20.01.2023.

Sd/-

Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JM Sd/-

Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati, EM O.A. No.100/2021 (SZ), 08th December, 2022. Mn.

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