The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on January 18 directed the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) to consider the application made by the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) for extracting groundwater.
The CGWA has been asked to consider and dispose the matter within a month. A Bench headed by NGT acting chairperson U.D. Salvi has also asked the institute to identify a room which shall be designated for the storage of solid waste.
Waste room
“The institute is further directed to take decision in the matter of seeking approval to the room identified for storage of general waste within a week and start operating the said room as per the recommendations within a fortnight of this order” the Bench said.
The directions came after the institute informed the green panel that it had identified a room for the storage of general solid waste separate from the bio-medical waste storage room and was awaiting the approval from the concerned authorities.
The green tribunal was hearing a plea where Delhi resident Balbir Singh had alleged that the premier institute was burning garbage in the open which was leading to air pollution.
Further, it was alleged that the bio-medical waste was not being disposed in a scientific manner.
However, an inspection report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board had said that the hospital was complying with the relevant bio-medical waste management rules.
