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Court notice on plea against effluent discharge
Wednesday March 28, 2012 09:28:35 PM, IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Wednesday issued notice to the environment ministry on
a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for steps to
prevent treated effluent from sewerage treatment plants (STPs)
from entering water bodies and polluting them.
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice
Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also sought the response from Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Jal Board by May 10 while issuing
notices.
Environmentalist Vinod Jain moved the court alleging that the
treated effluent from the STPs are channelled into the water
bodies, contaminating the ground water.
Jain, in his petition, said: "The treated sewage water is not only
polluting the water bodies but also contaminating the ground
water."
"Unless the STPs' efficiency is raised, the water bodies shall
always receive unclean water," Jain submitted in his petition
seeking the court's direction to government to ensure that the
treated sewage water from various treatment plants meet the
guidelines framed by the CPCB.
The petition stated that there is no effort on the part of
government to improve the efficiency of the existing STPs and
asked the court to monitor the issue.
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