NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL CHENNAI (SOUTHERN ZONE BENCH)
PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA, Judicial Member, SATYAGOPAL KORLAPATI, Expert Member
T.M. Umashankar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. tsdf operates without separate environmental clearance (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 2. existing ec for incinerator covers integrated tsdf facility (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23) |
| 3. application barred by res judicata and limitation (Para 19 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37) |
| 4. joint committee finds no significant environmental violations (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27) |
| 5. application dismissed with costs for frivolous litigation (Para 38 , 39 , 40) |
JUDGMENT
Delivered by Smt. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Judicial Member
1. The above application is filed by the applicant, who is an agriculturist and was a former president of the Somapur Gram Panchayat. The application challenges the blatant and gross violations committed by the 5th respondent by running a hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facility which is a ‘Red’ category set up in Dobaspet Industrial area, Pemmanahalli and Thimmanayana Village, Nelamangala Talu, Bangalore.
2. The landfill facility has capacity 40,000 TPA and a hazardous waste incineration facility of capacity 5.5 million cal/hr. According to the applicant, the Treatment Storage an
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