DPCC issues closuredirections to 91 units
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued closure directions to 91 industries in Khyala Industrial Area and imposed a fine of ₹4.7 crore.
“The DPCC team inspected 113 units. Out of these, 40 units were found operating without effluent treatment plant and were engaged in washing/dying. Other 51 units were engaged in activities under orange and green category, but were operating without DPCC consent,” an official statement said.
The DPCC has also given directions to the authorities concerned to disconnect electricity and water supply and the Revenue Department to seal the 91 units.
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Untreated sewage entering the Yamuna from Haryana and UP has on multiple occasions led to an increase in ammonia levels in the river water, affecting drinking water supply in the national capital, according to the DJB.
As per the plan, the UP Irrigation Department has been tasked with removing water hyacinths in the Okhla barrage by March 31.
The decomposition of water hyacinths releases surfactants like phosphates, which leads to frothing.
The DJB has to connect all unauthorized colonies and settlements to its sewerage system by December 31 next year.
Till then, the utility has to ensure that the sewage and septic tank waste from such colonies is collected and transported to sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment plants by authorized vendors – which is an ongoing exercise.
Haryana, U.P. told to upgrade sewage treatment plants to DPCC standards
The Delhi government has prepared a nine-point action plan to prevent frothing in the Yamuna caused due to the discharge of untreated sewage in the river.
The plan, approved by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), lays down targets to be achieved by various agencies, including the Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Development Authority and municipal corporations, to prevent the discharge of untreated wastewater in the river.
According to the plan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been asked to upgrade their sewage treatment plants (STPs) to standards prescribed by the DPCC for treating the wastewater entering the Yamuna through Najafgarh drain and Hindon cut canal.
Centre appoints Hima Kohli as first woman chief justice of Telangana HC
Incumbent chief justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, who is in the post since April 2019, has been appointed as the chief justice of Uttarakhand HC.
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HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court (HC) got its first woman Chief Justice (CJ) on Thursday with the Central government issuing orders to appoint Justice Hima Kohli, the senior-most judge of Delhi High Court, as the new CJ of Telangana HC. The incumbent CJ Raghvendra Singh Chauhan has been appointed as the CJ of Uttarakhand HC.