Goa state pollution control board cracks whip TNN | Sep 1, 2013, 06.20AM IST PANAJI: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on Friday issued show-cause notices to 12 hotels as to why the consent to operate issued to them by the board should not be cancelled. The board stated that hotels are operating without a facility to convert biodegradable waste generated by them. In the first week of August, the board issued notices to 48 starred hotels to stop supplying food waste to piggeries, failing which necessary action would be initiated. The board had directed hotels to maintain machinery for converting biodegradable waste generated by them to a compost. After issuing the notices, the board conducted a surprise visit at 48 hotels and found that three hotels have fully complied with the direction, 33 hotels installed the machinery but were not composting waste and 12 hotels did not comply. The inspection report stated that the biodegradable waste generated by 12 hotels is being disposed off to piggeries, thus violating the provision of the Water (prevention and control pollution) act, 1974, as well as violating the consent to operate issued to the hotels. The premises of piggeries were turning into garbage dumps, as other waste, along with food waste, was also being dispatched by these hotels to the piggery units, raising protests from residents in nearby areas. GSPCB chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said that the board has issued notices under Section 33(A) read with Sections 25 and 26 of the Water act, 1974. "The management of the hotel is hereby directed to show cause within a period of seven days from the date of receipt of this notice as to why the consent to operate issued to your unit by the board under the water act should not be revoked as your unit is being operated in violation of consent conditions contained therein and further as to why the board should not issue appropriate directions for closure of your hotels," the show-cause notice said. Noronha said that failure to comply with the aforesaid directions will compel the board to initiate stringent legal action against hotels in accordance with the provisions of the Water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974, without further notice.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 02:50:47 +0000
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