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Manage Mapusa waste at Cunchelim: Court
1 Feb 2009, 0523 hrs IST, TNN
PANAJI: The high court of Bombay at Goa has dismissed a petition
opposing the Mapusa Municipal Council's (MMC) garbage dumping site at
Cunchelim and
has directed the authorities to "use the site only for storage,
segregation and disposal of solid waste".
It may be recalled that about 32,050 sq metres of comunidade land had
been acquired at Cunchelim village to dump the MMC's garbage. The Goa
State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) had subsequently granted approval
for the site.
However, one Paul Souza and others had challenged the waste disposal
site on grounds that the village would be affected by the plant as it is
situated in close vicinity of their residential houses. The petitioner
had also pointed out that the site would affect the natural streams,
springs, water bodies and contaminate river and ground water in the
village.
While dismissing the petition for want of locus standi, the division
bench comprising Justice P B Majmudar and Justice N A Britto have held
that the petitioners "have no concern or interest in the subject land".
The court also opined that the fears expressed by the petitioners in the
petition "appear to be unfounded as the site is at a minimum distance of
300 metres from the houses as well as water bodies".
GSPCB advocate S N Joshi earlier argued that only provisional approval
had been granted for the site and assured the court that the site will
be re-examined before final approval is granted.
The court also observed that "although the past history of the
authorities as regards the management of municipal solid waste has been
rather dismal, it cannot be taken for granted that it will be so". It
further remarked, "If precautions are taken and specifications provided
under the rules are followed, there will be no room for complaints from
the point of view of environment or health hazards."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Manage_Mapusa_waste_at_Cunchelim_
Court/articleshow/4058772.cms
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