A division bench of Justices M M Sundresh and S Ananthi said that the counsel appearing for the petitioner had photographs to show that bio-medical waste is still found in the area. However, the special government pleader produced the proceedings of the Trichy district collector dated February 18, indicating that administrative sanction has been made to construct a building to deal with the problem.
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TNN | Apr 5, 2021, 04:43 IST
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Madurai: Madras high court directed the authorities including block development officer of Mabapparai taluk, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials and president of Vaiyampatti village panchayat to carry out inspection once a month to prevent dumping of bio-medical waste at Vaiyampatti village in Trichy district.
The court was hearing the public interest litigation filed by S Manivel, who sought to prevent the dumping of biomedical wastes inside Karadukulam irrigation tank at Vaiyampatti village in the district. The health secretary in his counter affidavit had stated that the issue with regard to dumping of bio-medical wastes in Tamil Nadu from other states has been discussed during the state advisory committee meetings and instructions were given to local authorities and TNPCB for taking actions.
The panchayat president in his counter affidavit had stated that pursuant to the complaint made by the petitioner, a team of officials inspected the spot. But, there was no waterbody in the place mentioned by the petitioner and the land is classified as government poromboke. The place was used to dump waste and there was no medical waste dumped in the area, the affidavit stated.
A division bench of Justices M M Sundresh and S Ananthi said that the counsel appearing for the petitioner had photographs to show that bio-medical waste is still found in the area. However, the special government pleader produced the proceedings of the Trichy district collector dated February 18, indicating that administrative sanction has been made to construct a building to deal with the problem.
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The judges observed that we could see a joint inspection was made and thereafter, monitoring was done to prevent the dumping of waste including the bio-medical wastes. However, there is no indication of continued inspection.
Hence, the judges directed the authorities to carry out inspection once a month at the area and also directed to complete the construction of building in the area within a year.
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