HP High Court directed the S.D.M. Nalagarh, District Solan to remain present before the court on 6th October

Vijyender Sharma

SHIMLA----High Court of H.P. today directed the S.D.M. Nalagarh, District Solan  to remain present before the court on 6^th October in a matter which pertains  to  the rising Industrial pollution in Nalagarh city. The Pollution Control Board has filed status report in this matter. The court also issued direction to the Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Indistries Association and Baddi Technical Training Institute to file response to the status report filed by the Pollution Control Board.

           Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Sandeep Sharma passed these orders on a petition taken up suo moto by the Court as Public Interest Litigation on a news item published in English daily " The Tribune"  on dated July 1^st  under headline "Pollution rises in Baddi as effluent plant under used" the news item  suggested that less then 50% industrial units of Baddi Industrial area send untreated effluents to the CETP (Common Effluent Treatment Plant). It was further reported that the plant is treating 11 million liters waste per day as against the proposed 25 million liters daily.

**VijyenderSharma*, Press Correspondent Bohan Dehra Road  JAWALAMUKHI-176031, Kangra HP(INDIA)*
 
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