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NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL KOLKATA (EASTERN ZONE BENCH)
B. Amit Sthalekar, Judicial Member, Vijay Kulkarni, Expert Member
Suo Motu – Appellant
Versus
Central Pollution Control Board – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. suo motu registration based on news report (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. procedural updates and pleadings complete (Para 5 , 6) |
| 3. ospcb microplastic sampling and analysis findings (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. ospcb status report on enforcement measures (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 5. wbpcb and digha measures against plastic waste (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 6. cpcb action plan and recycling guidelines (Para 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31) |
| 7. court acknowledges steps but stresses enforcement (Para 32 , 33) |
| 8. directions for strict zero-tolerance enforcement (Para 34 , 35 , 36) |
ORDER
1. The Original Application was registered suo-motu by the New Delhi Bench of the National Green Tribunal on the basis of a news item titled “Microplastic is West Bengal’s Digha and Odisha’s Puri seawater at alarming levels” appearing in the Times of India dated 04.08.2024.
2. The matter relates to the alarming levels of microplastics found in the coastal waters and sediments of Digha in West Bengal and Puri in Odisha, two of Eastern India’s popular beach destinations. As per the article, a recent study by the Centre’s Science & Engineering Research Board has raised serious conc
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