Public rally against non compliance of NGT judgment against coke factories

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 3, 2022

Peeved with the failure of the Meghalaya Government to comply with the judgment passed by National Green Tribunal, the Environment Coordination Committee will take out a proccession on 15th December next from 1 kilo to Office of the Deputy Commissioner, East Jaintia Hills in Khliehriat.

The ECC knocked the door of NGT Eastern Zone Kolkata through a case filed by Pynbait Sutnga against the establishment of the coke plants in the Elaka Sutnga.

The case was disposed on the 8th July 2022 and the NGT directed the State government through MSPCB to collect the entire fine that have been imposed against the 31 (Thirty One) units for establishing without Consent to Established and amounting to 5.5 cores approximately.

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Further NGT directed the state government to frame the action plant against the coke plants that have obtained the CTOs prior to the notification of the sitting norms on 23-12-2020. The same is directed to comply with the sitting norm even though CTO is obtained before the notification date.

The NGT had given a time frame for the government to complete the accumulation of the entire fine and to frame the action plan within the periods of 4 months from the time of passing the judgment.

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However, even after the expiry of four month that is on the 8th November last the government is silent, therefore the government failed to comply with the direction given in the judgment.

The ECC appealed to all the people of the Elaka also from other villages in the district to join hand in the rally.