National Green Tribunal
News Item Titled "Activists Worried ... vs Department Of Rural Development And ... on 24 September, 2024
Author: Satyagopal Korlapati
Bench: Satyagopal Korlapati
Item No.10:
BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL
SOUTHERN ZONE, CHENNAI
(Through Video Conference)
Original Application No.139 of 2024 (SZ)
IN THE MATTER OF:
Tribunal on its own motion SUO MOTU
based on the News Item in The Hindu,
Chennai edition, Newspaper dt:
28.04.2024, under the caption, "Activists
worried over garbage dumped on
Kodaikanal ghat road".
And
Department of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj,
Through its Principal Secretary,
Chennai and Ors.
...Respondent(s)
Date of hearing: 24.09.2024.
CORAM:
HON'BLE Smt. JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA, JUDICIAL MEMBER
HON'BLE Dr. SATYAGOPAL KORLAPATI, EXPERT MEMBER
For Applicant(s): Suo Motu.
For Respondent(s): Mr. P.S. Raman, Advocate General a/w.
Dr. D. Shanmuganathan for R1, R2, R4 & R5.
Mr. S. Sai Sathya Jith for R3.
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ORDER
1. The status report of the District Collector - Dindigul District and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board are filed.
2. Let a detailed report be filed regarding the dumping of plastic waste from other states, the authorization of the site, etc. before the date of next hearing.
3. Post the matter on 04.12.2024.
Sd/-
Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, JM Sd/-
Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati, EM O.A. No.139/2024(SZ) 24th September, 2024. AD.
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