Chitlapakkam residents upset with TNPCB over incinerator use
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.11.2020
Chitlapakkam residents expressed disappointment over the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials not taking action against the local body after an inspection of the incinerator set up by the Chitlapakkam town panchayat two months ago. Residents had expressed reservation about the incinerator, operating without NOC from the relevant authorities.
When appeals to the local body evoked no response, some of the residents wrote to the TNPCB and to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
According to official sources, the inspection by TNPCB officials in the first week of November was following a direction from CPCB after a resident had appealed to the central body through social media.
Residents complain that no public hearing has been conducted about the legalities or the possible environmental impact of setting up a waste incinerator in a residential neighbourhood. Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat officials said that the incinerator near the lake was set up at a cost of over Rs 40 lakh.
“They are burning plastic, medicine and all sorts of waste. At the least, they could have ordered a stop until approvals are given after proper testing,” said a resident.
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