PCB raises objection to proposal of hazardous material being dumped in Jawaharnagar
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority has decided to use the services of Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) in tackling the contentious issue of hazardous material to be dredged out of Hussainsagar lake.
As part of the lake cleaning project taken up with assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the HMDA will dredge the lake and shift sediments to the tune of 12 lakh tonne from close to the mouth of four nalas that join the water body.
It has been decided to shift the dredged material from three inlet points of Balkapur nala, Banjara nala and Picket nala to Jawaharnagar dump site.
However, the dredging and shifting of sediments from the confluence point of Kukatpally nala ran into issues after studies showed high presence of hazardous material here. A scrutiny of samples collected from this inlet threw up cadmium presence higher than permissible limits, attributed to the fact that inflows here were from the industrial areas.
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) raised objections on material dredged from here being dumped at Jawaharnagar site in view of the hazardous toxic metallic element presence.
The Authority would initially start the work on three inlets and take up the Kukatpally nala related work once the necessary modalities were worked out. The HMDA officials said that the necessary procedures would be put in place to verify the cadmium content and based on that, dumping site aspects attended to.
The help of EPTRI in the matter was being sought and possibilities being explored include developing a waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) site by the HMDA for the purpose. “We will take their guidance in this purpose and the work taken up under the advice of the PCB,” an official said.
Are they out of their minds?? How can they dump toxic wastes near a College?? BITS campus was set up there 4 years ago,,thousands of students have already enrolled,why can't the authorities use their common sense?? Dumping toxic wastes in Jawahar nagar will pose a grave threat to lives of those students, for the god sakes,dump that garbage in some other location
Please push this project and dump the waste at the appropriate location. Yes it is going to be expensive to transport the sediment to a safe area. Please do your best. Learn from industrilized countries what to do what not do. If you need financial help, all you have to do ask- donations from individuals, institutions & companies etc. Please do not be selfish. This project is very important for Hyd.
May be they should construct a religious build in the middle, and
declare the lake as holy. I am sure then the people will stop polluting
the lake.
Else, this cycle will go on, people will dump everything into the lake
and the EPTRI will recover some of it.
Since it is of the tune of 12 lakh tonnes, why not set up a treatment plant rather than trow that in a dump yard. We can have infrastructure that treat everyday garbage and power can be generated from that. Also if GOVT is serious, it can disconnect all the sewage and harmful industrial waste from being let in to this once a marvelous lake. Why cant the GOVT aim high. No one is preventing this.
A good initiative. It would be good if people are let known of the
extent to which the lake is being polluted. How about making a giant
statue/structure using all the plastic extracted and displaying it on
Tank Bund. It would definitely serve as a reminder the next time someone
dumps their plastic bottle into the lake.
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