GPCB tells ONGC Hazira plant to pay Rs 1 cr meantime repayment
December 4, 2020 2:52:49 am
On September 24, 3 robust blasts happened on the ONGC terminal in Hazira, Surat. (Record)
The Gujarat Air pollution Keep watch over Board (GPCB) has served realize to the Oil and Herbal Fuel plant at Hazira to pay an meantime repayment of Rs 1 crore over the environmental injury brought about through a blast within the plant not too long ago.
The terminal at Hazira, Surat town, purifies gasoline gained from Mumbai top seas and provides to more than a few states.
On September 24, 3 robust blasts happened on the terminal, reportedly because of a leakage within the 36-inch gasoline pipeline coming from Bombay off shore. The affect of the blast used to be felt in round five-kilometre radius.
The Kantha Vibhag, Yuva Koli Samaj, Parivartan Believe, submitted a grievance to Union Setting and Wooded area Minister, Prakash Javadekar, Ministry of Petroleum and Herbal Fuel, Central Air pollution Keep watch over Board (CPCB), Gujarat Air pollution Keep watch over Board (GPCB) and Surat district collector.
Within the grievance, the Parivartan Believe individuals demanded an inquiry through professionals into the into the incident and repayment for the wear brought about to setting and houses.
The CPCB had ordered GPCB to hold out probe into the incident and take suitable steps.
The GPCB workforce submitted a file, a duplicate of which is with The Indian information, citing that emission of more than a few gases polluted air within the surrounding spaces and infected water generated from controlling the fire used to be discharged into the hurricane water drains that go with the flow into the Tapi river.
Senior medical officer of GPCB Gandhinagar, GB Vasavda, issued realize beneath 31A of the Air (Prevention and Keep watch over of Air pollution) Act 1981 to ONGCC Hazira, ordering them to deposit Rs 1 crore as meantime setting injury repayment to GPCB, Gandhinagar.
Within the realize, the GPCB discussed that its workforce had visited the coincidence website online on September 24. “Heavy dense emission happened… adopted through fire casuing serious air air pollution and odour nuisance. Heavy VOC emission happened within the space of the incident location (Fuel Terminal station), right through the prevalence. Infected water generated from the controlling of fire is discharged in hurricane water drainage which is resulting in river Tapi (sic),” the attention mentioned.
“Pay Rs 1 crore, as meantime setting injury repayment through RTGS/NEFT straight away within the checking account of GPCB of State Financial institution of India (sic),” it famous.
The attention additionally discussed that the GPCB had prompt the ONGC Hazira to undertake good enough protection measures to steer clear of such incidents in long run.
Speaking to The Indian information, Parivartan Believe president Prakash Contractor mentioned, “We’re happy with the stairs taken through GPCB and we request the government to hold out a survey within the within reach spaces to learn the way many homes had been suffering from the blast and compensate them…”
ONGC officers at Hazira didn’t reply.
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