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On: February 20 2018 08:52 AM
[h=1]DJB: Ammonia stats being used to create confusion[/h] Paras Singh| TNN | Feb 20, 2018, 00:32 IST [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-62989230,width-400,resizemode-4/62989230.jpg[/IMG]DJB vice-chief Dinesh Mohaniya NEW DELHI: [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Delhi-Jal-Board"]Delhi Jal Board[/URL]says that the [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/ammonia"]ammonia[/URL]statistics in the Central Pollution Control Board's report on the water in the Yamuna are being used to create confusion in order to divert from the potable water crisis in the capital prior to the meeting between the chief secretaries of Delhi and Haryana on Tuesday. The recent CPCB report had pointed out that ammonia levels in many Delhi drains emptying into the Yamuna were higher than the levels in the water reaching the capital from Haryana. Saying that channels like Delhi Gate drain, ITO barrage and Barapulla were downstream and water from these was used only for irrigation purposes in western UP, [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dinesh-Mohaniya"]Dinesh Mohaniya[/URL], [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/DJB"]DJB[/URL] vice-chairman, said confusion was being created by applying drinking water parameters to irrigation water. "The urgent matter at hand is the industrial ammonia pollutants from Panipat, due to which water supply in Delhi has been hit since January," Mohaniya explained. He added that the long-term process for reducing pollutants in the downstream section of the Yamuna was already being covered under the Yamuna Action Plan-3. "The parameters for irrigation water are completely different from those for raw drinking water," Mohaniya said. "We have identified the site of pollution of our raw drinking water at Khojkipur, 60km upstream of the Yamuna pond." DJB argued that it was losing 30-50 million gallons a day of water and was being forced to undertake rationing. "Our three major water treatment plants are operating 30% below their capacity, leading to disruptions in supplies," the DJB official added. DJB took the matter to the National Green Tribunal, which directed CPCB to take water samples to ascertain the current pollutant levels. In these samples, the Delhi Gate drain logged 38ppm ammonia level, Sonia Vihar drain, 35ppm, Barapullah 21ppm, ITO barrage, 24ppm, Wazirabad reservoir, 1.4ppm and Okhla treatment plant, 0.8ppm. DJB is able to treat raw water with ammonia levels up to 0.9ppm. Mohaniya insisted that the CPCB report was being cited to obfuscate the issue. "Drinking water is picked from upstream, not these drains. The pollution from Haryana consists of industrial waste from Panipat's dyeing industry, while Delhi only has sewage waste," he said. These arguments will be discussed along with readings of ammonia taken at various spots at Tuesday's meeting between the two states. CPCB has classified Yamuna's water quality in Category E, which makes it fit only for 'irrigation, industrial cooling and controlled waste disposal'. [url]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/djb-ammonia-stats-being-used-to-create-confusion/articleshow/62989231.cms[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 08:53 AM
[h=1]Baby steps towards a landfill-free Delhi[/h] Mayank Manohar| TNN | Updated: Feb 20, 2018, 00:31 IST [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-62989571,width-400,resizemode-4/62989571.jpg[/IMG] NEW DELHI: As the problem of [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/waste-management"]waste management[/URL] spirals out of control, the three corporations have help at hand in the form of experts from [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/IIT-Delhi"]IIT-Delhi[/URL] who will guide them on flattening of slopes at the [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/existing-landfill-sites"]existing landfill sites[/URL] and extracting [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/methane-gas"]methane gas[/URL] from garbage. Three landfill sites — Ghazipur (east Delhi), Bhalswa (north) and Okhla (south) — were declared exhausted a long time ago, but the corporations continue to dump [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Garbage-(musician)"]garbage[/URL] there for want of alternative locations. Delhi generates about 9,000MT of waste on a daily basis. With no segregation taking place at source, garbage dumped at the landfill sites releases excessive methane, leading to frequent fires, which, in turn, add to air pollution in the capital. [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/img/62989570/Master.jpg[/IMG] In September last year, two people had died after a large part of the Ghazipur landfill — which should have been closed 15 years ago — collapsed, sweeping several people on a road nearby into a canal. After the incident, lieutenant governor Anil Baijal directed the corporations to ensure that waste was not dumped at the already exhausted sites. However, civic officials insisted that developing new engineered landfill sites would take anywhere between six and 12 months. While north and south corporations have earmarked locations for this purpose, EDMC is yet to make much progress in this regard. Experts from IIT-Delhi will now help EDMC devise ways to flatten the side-slopes of the Ghazipur site to ensure that another landslide doesn't happen. "According to the agreement, a group of experts from IIT-Delhi will advise us on the stability analysis of the Ghazipur landfill waste slope parallel to the canal. A remedial agency will be hired to provide conceptual designs for developing the slopes," a senior EDMC official said. While the analysis would take about 12 weeks to complete, the slopes would be developed within 4-6 months, the official said. EDMC also plans to rope in a private agency to help convert solid waste into thermal and power energy. North corporation, on the other hand, has earmarked a 12-acre site near Bhalswa to develop an engineered landfill site, which will have a dedicated waste-to-energy plant. South corporation, too, has allotted a 50-acre site at Tekhand for the purpose. An SDMC official said: "The engineered landfill sites will have a dedicated waste-to-energy plant for processing the waste, and the residue will be dumped at the landfill. These plants will have a processing efficiency of up to 95%, which will help do away with the concept of landfill sites in the future." The existing waste-to-energy plants at Ghazpiur and Okhla have a capacity to process 1,300 MT of waste each where as the one at Narela-Bawana can process 2,000 MT. [url]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/baby-steps-towards-a-landfill-free-delhi/articleshow/62989223.cms[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 08:53 AM
[h=1]Smog gun back for fresh shot at fighting bad air[/h] TNN | Updated: Feb 20, 2018, 00:28 IST [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-62989540,width-400,resizemode-4/62989540.jpg[/IMG] NEW DELHI: The 'anti-smog gun' that was last tested in December returned to the capital's streets on Monday as part of the ongoing 'Clean [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Air"]Air[/URL]for Delhi' campaign. The machine was used on PWD roads during non-peak hours to check how effective it could be in reducing pollution. It was flagged off by environment minister Imran Hussain from the Delhi secretariat. Calling it 'anti-smog [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/gun"]gun[/URL] campaign', the minister said the machine would continue to be used for the next few days on different roads after consultation with Delhi Police. However, its effectiveness and the results would determine how long the gun may be used, officials said. Hussain said the gun, which is able to spray atomised water to a height of 100 metres, is likely to suppress both airborne particles and dust on the road surface. The gun would also be used on roadside vegetation to reduce the effects of particulate matter on them. The government in December had tested the technology at the busy [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Anand-Vihar"]Anand Vihar[/URL] ISBT – a location known to be severely polluted. However, Central Pollution Control Board ([URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/CPCB"]CPCB[/URL]) had dubbed the attempt unsuccessful, saying the machine was actually increasing the moisture content in the area and was unable to cover enough area. "The machine has a working area of 30 to 100 metres that works out to be just 0.03 square kilometres when compared to Delhi's 1,484 sq km. This means the capital would require around 50,000 such installations to make any difference to its air quality," the CPCB had said in December. The move comes just a few days after the Delhi government started testing 'anti-pollution' towers at ITO – a technology which the government says is capable of absorbing particulate matter from the surroundings and circulating clean air back into the environment. Hussain said the government would continue to explore more technologies to reduce air pollution. The 'Clean Air for Delhi' campaign is being jointly organised by the Delhi government and the Union environment ministry from February 10 to 23. The Union environment ministry said the campaign' has had a qualitative impact on air quality with nearly 1900 challans issued. The ministry said that fines amounting to Rs 54 crore had been collected by the teams on the ground for pollution-related violations and the continued efforts have shown an improvement in the air quality. [url]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/smog-gun-back-for-fresh-shot-at-fighting-bad-air/articleshow/62989213.cms[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 08:54 AM
[h=1]A colony under water: Man-made floods make life hell[/h] Paras Singh| TNN | Updated: Feb 20, 2018, 00:24 IST [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-62989199,width-400,resizemode-4/62989199.jpg[/IMG]With the prospect worsening because more sewer lines are being linked with the drain near these houses, people... Read More NEW DELHI: "Development for others is turning our lives into hell," grumbled Pinki, carrying her two-month-old niece past the malodorous overflow around their house. Sometimes, she has to use her neighbour's terrace to enter the house. More than 500 families in the F and H blocks in south Delhi's Aya Nagar [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Colony"]Colony[/URL] have been struggling with the dark green pool around their homes for months now. With the prospect worsening because more sewer lines are being linked with the drain near these houses, people sense an impending disaster. "We are afraid that if no solution is found before the monsoons, many houses will collapse," said RP Sharma, pointing at the cracks developing in his under-construction house. The drain originating in the Sunday bazar area was laid two years ago to carry the monsoon runoff into a natural pond. But with more and more people linking their sewage outlets to it, the foul [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/****/How-much-water-should-you-drink-every-day/articleshow/20408856.cms"]water[/URL] has started flowing into the houses. Rajni Jha, who lives close to the mouth of the drain, protested, "When the drain behind our house started bringing sewage, we spent lakhs of rupees to set up walls and add pipes to the main drain, but everything seems to have been in vain." In fact, many families have already abandoned their homes. "Arjun Rawat and his family, our neighbours, left a year ago after the foundation of their houses got submerged in sewage and threatened the whole structure," said Urmila Devi, who herself is trying to save her house, as other are too, by dumping debris dumped between the festering pool and her home. "Can this be the capital of India? Families with houses in F and H blocks and Paras Colony closest to the cesspool usually desert their houses for few months during the rainy season," complained Ramesh Yadav, who moved into the area six years ago. Government official said that a pump has been placed nearby by the flood department as a temporary solution, but the residents claimed that the pump worked only in dire situations, remaining non-functional most of the time. While Ved Pal, the area councillor, blamed the municipal corporation and the flood department for laying down two drains with no discharge points, the civic officials retorted that people joined sewage lines to the rainwater drains, leading to the flooding of the water body. The residents want either a permanent pump house set up or the drain outlet moved to another site. "There's a multiplicity of departments, so we have requested the district magistrate for a joint meeting of all agencies concerned," Ved Pal said. [url]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/a-colony-under-water-man-made-floods-make-life-hell/articleshow/62989200.cms[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 10:04 AM
[h=1]HC bars Ranbaxy promoters from selling Lutyens's residence, other assets[/h] At the same time, any third party that these assets were pledged to before this order can recover any loans to them by selling these assets, according to the court[URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/author/479241959/prabha-raghavan"]Prabha Raghavan[/URL] | ET Bureau | February 20, 2018, 07:52 IST The Delhi High Court has told former Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh to "maintain status quo" of assets they disclosed during Daiichi Sankyo's case to enforce a Rs3,500-crore international arbitration award against them in India. The order effectively blocks the brothers and 12 other respondents in the case from selling any of these assets, disclosed in sealed covers on two separate occasions, until the next hearing on February 26. At the same time, any third party that these assets were pledged to before this order can recover any loans to them by selling these assets, according to the court. Financial institutions Axis Bank, [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/yes+bank"]Yes Bank[/URL], RBL Bank, ECL Finance and Indiabulls Housing Finance are among lenders to which the Singhs have pledged assets like shares in Fortis Healthcare Ltd. These lenders have been seeking to recover over Rs 2,500 crore from the brothers in total, according to a lawyer privy to the matter. "You will not do anything (with these assets)," Justice Jayant Nath told the counsel for the Singhs and other respondents in the case on Monday. Most of the assets, which were disclosed in sealed covers on December 2, 2016 and March 14, 2017, are encumbered, the counsel told court. The high court's latest directions follow a request by Daiichi Sankyo to put a "freeze" on all of the respondents' assets upon fears that they were making moves to "siphon" funds. Recently, the Delhi Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) restrained Malvinder Singh from selling a property in Lutyen's as well as other assets in a loan default case by YES Bank, according to PTI. The Lutyen's property is among the assets that the brothers have disclosed in Daiichi's case, argued the counsel for the Japanese drug maker at the high court on Monday. "Today, we have no trust or faith that we will recover our money…there is no order protecting us," the counsel told Justice Nath. The judge told the counsel for the Singhs that the respondents should have either deposited some amount or suggested a plan to repay the award, which was granted by a Singapore tribunal in April 2016. Following objections to the enforcement of the award in India, the Delhi high court on January 31, 2018, said that Daiichi could recover the award amount from the respondents. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Singhs' attempt to appeal the high court's judgment, clearing the way for Daiichi to enforce the award here. The brothers are now banking on their appeal against the main award in Singapore, which is expected to hear arguments by Harish Salve, their counsel and Gopal Subramanium, Daiichi's counsel, in April. [url]https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/hc-bars-ranbaxy-promoters-from-selling-lutyenss-residence-other-assets/62991900[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 10:04 AM
[h=1]BJP moves out of Lutyens Bungalow Zone, pressure on other parties to follow suit[/h] TOI has learnt that the BJP will operate from the new headquarters from Monday, though there was no word on when the party will surrender the 11, Ashoka Road bungalow[URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/author/479213512/dipak-k-dash"]Dipak K Dash[/URL] | TNN | February 19, 2018, 18:00 IST NEW DELHI: The [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/bjp"]BJP[/URL] shifting its headquarters from 11, Ashoka Road to [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/deen+dayal+upadhyay+marg"]Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg[/URL] in the capital is set to put pressure on other parties operating from government bungalows in the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/lutyens+bungalow+zone"]Lutyens Bungalow Zone[/URL] (LBZ). Currently, 10 bungalows and houses are occupied by political parties, which includes the two by BJP and [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/congress"]Congress[/URL] occupying four, sources said. TOI has learnt that the BJP will operate from the new headquarters from Monday, though there was no word on when the party will surrender the 11, Ashoka Road bungalow. Government officials said the party had not sent any communication yet. Sources said the new Congress headquarters will be ready by November 18. Besides the two major parties, the head office of BSP is located in the LBZ at 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road. The NCP, Shiv Sena, Trinamool Congress and BSP are yet to take plots for their party offices in Delhi. "Each political party that has been allotted land is supposed to build its office and vacate bungalows. There is a huge shortage of government accommodation," an official said. The housing and urban development ministry has put the Congress on notice to vacate bungalows, including its headquarters, the Youth Congress head office and a house in Chanakyapuri. The party has failed to shift even three years after it was allotted a plot. Though the central government started allotting land to political parties to enable them to shift out of the LBZ following a Supreme Court order over a decade ago, sources said Congress was supposed to vacate 24 and 25, Akbar Road way back in the 1970s. The party had got a plot on Rajendra Prasad Road to construct its headquarters. However, after building Jawahar Bhawan, the plot was transferred to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, which is a Congress forum. Sources said after Congress was allotted a plot in June 2010 on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, it was reluctant to have an address on the street named after the saffron leader. The party changed the entrance gate of the upcoming headquarters to Rouse Avenue and address now will be 9-A, Rouse Avenue. Sources said other parties have declined to take the plots offered to them and have demanded bigger ones or locations of their choice. [url]https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/bjp-moves-out-of-lutyens-bungalow-zone-pressure-on-other-parties-to-follow-suit/62983919[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 11:36 AM
[h=1]'Clean Air Campaign has impacted Delhi's air quality'[/h] [URL="http://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Press-Trust-of-India/"][IMG]http://www.thehindu.com/static/theme/default/base/img/author-deafault.png[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/Press-Trust-of-India/"]Press Trust of India[/URL] NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 20, 2018 00:00 IST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 20, 2018 03:47 IST [IMG]http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article22802251.ece/alternates/FREE_660/ENV-POLLUTION-CG3C3F8ADU3jpgjpg[/IMG] There has been a noticeable reduction in levels of pollution, says Ministry.File photo: Sushil Kumar Verma [h=2]Nearly 2,000 'challans' issued, says environment ministry[/h] The Environment Ministry on Monday said that the Clean Air Campaign in Delhi had shown a "qualitative" impact on air quality in the first week and that nearly 2,000 'challans', amounting to over Rs. 50 crore, were issued for pollution-related violations. This campaign was launched jointly by Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on February 10. [B]Inspection teams[/B] Seventy teams comprising officers of the Environment Ministry, Delhi government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and municipal corporations started inspecting areas from February 10. "The teams have so far reported 4,347 cases of violation and issued challans in 1,892 cases, amounting to Rs. 54 crore," the Ministry said in a statement. It said the data collated by the CPCB show that air quality, which was in the 'very poor' category at the beginning of the campaign, remained at 'moderate' level from February 12-15 and at 'poor' level from February 16-18. "There has also been a noticeable reduction in levels of pollution, particularly in comparison to the level on the same day in 2017. There were no 'moderate' days of air quality last year. On February 16, 17 and 18 this year, there has been a reduction in pollution levels," the statement read. System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) stated that the campaign had resulted in a "significant reduction in the level of air pollution vis-a-vis the business as usual scenario." "The lessons learnt from the campaign will be used to further strengthen the activities related to mitigation of pollution, besides addressing knowledge gaps on the basis of wide-ranging consultations held during this period with all stakeholders," the ministry said. The Clean Air Campaign will continue till February 23. [url]http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/clean-air-campaign-has-impacted-delhis-air-quality/article22802252.ece[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 11:37 AM
[h=1]BJP accuses Delhi govt of neglecting rural areas[/h] [URL="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bjp-accuses-delhi-govt-of-neglecting-rural-areas/article22802274.ece#"][IMG]http://www.thehindu.com/static/theme/default/base/img/author-deafault.png[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bjp-accuses-delhi-govt-of-neglecting-rural-areas/article22802274.ece#"]STAFF REPORTER[/URL] NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 20, 2018 00:00 IST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 20, 2018 03:47 IST [IMG]http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article22802273.ece/alternates/FREE_660/19-02-ndjnd01G3M3F851B3jpgjpg[/IMG] Up in arms:Farmer leaders from Delhi's rural areas take part in the panchayat organised by the BJP at Rajghat on MondaySandeep Saxena [h=2]Party organises panchayat at Rajghat; members of Kisan, OBC Morchas take part[/h] The Opposition BJP organised a panchayat at Rajghat on Monday to discuss the alleged neglect being meted out to rural areas in Delhi by the Aam Aadmi Party government. Members of the Delhi BJP Kisan and OBC Morchas said that representatives from around 80 villages in the city attended the event. [B]Censure motion[/B] "Chaudhary Ram Karan, the pradhan of the panchayat of 360 villages of Delhi, presented a censure motion against the Delhi government for neglecting the rural areas of Delhi. The motion was passed after a brief discussion," the party said. Delhi BJP general secretary Rajesh Bhatia, OBC Morcha president Gaurav Khari, prominent leaders from rural belts Neeldaman Khatri, Vinod Sehrawat, Ashok Thakur, Sanjay Jain, Meenu Sehrawat, Lalit Khatri and Sribhagwan Yadav addressed the panchayat held under the chairmanship of Delhi BJP Kisan Morcha president Mukesh Maan, the party added. Mr. Bhatia said that "only former BJP Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma" framed schemes for the development of the rural areas and after 1998, the ruling parties of Delhi had "only added to the numbers of unauthorised colonies" in rural areas. "Other leaders participating in the panchayat expressed their disappointment over the fact that both the present AAP government and its predecessor, the Congress government, had neglected the rural areas of Delhi," said a senior leader. [B]Education, health issues[/B] The leaders also complained that there were neither good schools nor colleges in the rural belt. Healthcare was also lacking. The public transport system, the party alleged, was "insufficient" and the expansion of the Delhi Metro had not been taken up in these areas. "During 2015-16, farmers suffered crop losses but they were not paid compensation by the (Arvind) Kejriwal government. Their power connections for the tube wells are charged at commercial rates and there is no drinking water supply for the villagers," the party alleged. [url]http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bjp-accuses-delhi-govt-of-neglecting-rural-areas/article22802274.ece[/url]
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On: February 20 2018 06:54 PM
[h=1]Formulate comprehensive policy to stop stubble burning: NGT[/h] [h=2]The Punjab government had earlier faced the wrath of the tribunal for not taking effective steps to provide financial assistance and infrastructure facility to the farmers to encourage them not to burn agricultural residue in their fields.[/h] By: [URL="http://indianexpress.com/agency/pti/"]PTI[/URL] | New Delhi | Published: February 20, 2018 6:51 pm [IMG]http://images.indianexpress.com/2018/01/ngt-national-green-tribunal-759.jpg[/IMG] NGT on Tuesday directed Delhi and four northern states to formulate a comprehensive policy for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers to stop them from burning crop residue to prevent air pollution. (Express Photo by Tashi The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed Delhi and four northern states to formulate a comprehensive policy for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers to stop them from burning crop residue to prevent air pollution. The green panel directed the chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments to file a detailed affidavit enumerating their action plan and compliance of its orders on the mechanism for collection and storage of crop residue. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim ordered the state governments to submit the action plan in two weeks and warned that in case of default, it would summon the chief secretaries of these states. "You (state governments) may have joined 2-3 states together but we require action plans for each state about how you are planning to deal with the matter, (which should be) signed by the chief secretary of each state. The schemes must contain the incentives that you are offering so that we can take further action," the bench observed. The tribunal rapped the Delhi and Rajasthan governments after they told the bench that they were examining the issue and sought time for filing the action plan. The NGT said the state governments are under obligation to identify the sites in each district for removal, collection and storage of crop residue for further utilisation but there has been no "concrete" development in the matter. "It is regrettable that no responsible statement is being made except seeking instructions," the bench said and posted the matter for further hearing on March 13. Punjab and Haryana governments had told the tribunal that there were few plants for palletisation of crop residue, and they could promote this mechanism through private participation if the National Thermal Power Corporation gave a commitment with viable rates and long-term buy-back arrangements. The tribunal had asked the state governments to give the description of these sites in their areas along with their capacity and the modes of utilisation of the crop residue generated in the fields. The Punjab government had earlier faced the wrath of the tribunal for not taking effective steps to provide financial assistance and infrastructure facility to the farmers to encourage them not to burn agricultural residue in their fields. The green panel had said that two years had elapsed since its verdict in the Vikrant Tongad case, in which it had passed a slew of directions to stop crop burning, but the state government had shown a lethargic approach. It had said the Punjab government had also failed to tie up with any company, private or public, which could utilise the crop residue. The tribunal had directed the Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments to convene a meeting to work out a clear mechanism on transportation and use of stubble as fuel in power plants. [url]http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/formulate-comprehensive-policy-to-stop-stubble-burning-ngt-5071569/[/url]
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