Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of V. Eswaran Vs District Collector, Coimbatore & Others dated 17/10/2022.
The District Magistrate, Coimbatore and the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Coimbatore was directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), October 17 to look into the matter of unscientific management of a dump site in Comibatore. The petitioner, V. Eswaran said that despite the court orders (October 10, 2018 in O.A. Nos. 523/2018 and O.A. No. 524/2018), the dump site has not been remediated and fresh waste is being dumped. And on account of unscientific management of the dump site, a woman died while collecting plastic waste, April 8, 2022.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/dumpsite-remediation
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Coimbatore-dumpsite-remediation-Oct17-2022.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coimbatore-t
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporations
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/court