The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday gave an ultimatum to Dinshaw's Dairy Food Products Limited in Borgaon to stop release of polluted water from its effluent treatment plant (ETP) in Bor Nullah, which causing health and hygiene problems to the nearby residents.
Ganesh Kunte, MNS president for West Nagpur, claimed there were frequent complaints from residents about polluted water allegedly being released from the Dinshaw's factory in the nullah, but authorities concerned did not pay heed to it.
On Monday, around 100 MNS activists and aggrieved residents took up the matter with Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and NMC's health department. They also lodged a complaint with the Gittikhadan police station and visited the factory's ETP.
"The factory releases polluted water in the nullah during the night. The company manufactures dairy products and the water released emanates foul smell. We have given 15 days' time to the management to check the problem, failing which a public agitation will be launched," Kunte told TOI.
The Dinshaw's management has denied that polluted water was being released in the nullah. "We are being made a scapegoat. The plant is operating for the past 15 years but such complaints were never received. In Borgaon, many new constructions that have come up recently don't have system to dispose of sewerage, all of which is being released in the nullah," said P G George, senior personnel manager.
"The company has an ETP, which is functioning very well and polluted water is reused. The plant is in a low lying area and as the nullah passes just besides the plant. Residents feel we are polluting it. Whereas the problem is that people dump garbage in it, leading to unhygienic conditions," George said. He feared there might be an attempt to gain political mileage out of the issue by MNS.
On Monday, after MNS protests, MPCB sub-regional officer R U Patil also visited the factory site. He said, "It's true that the factory has a systematic ETP, but I feel, it is not being operated systematically."
Patil said the fact cannot be ruled out that the slur developed in ETP may be seeping into the nullah due to poor maintenance and mismanagement by the operators concerned. "I feel there is no regular monitoring of the release of polluted water," Patil said.
To this, George says, "If there are any mistakes in operations, we will try to rectify them. " Following complaints, on February 11, the MPCB has ordered the company to shift the plant elsewhere in 15 months. "We have taken the pollution issue seriously and action will be recommend against the Dinshaw's for causing pollution," Patil stated.
George admits that the company has applied to the MPCB for its consent to shift the location of the unit. "Once we get the consent from MPCB, the plant will be shifted to Butibori," he said.
Ganesh Kunte, MNS president for West Nagpur, claimed there were frequent complaints from residents about polluted water allegedly being released from the Dinshaw's factory in the nullah, but authorities concerned did not pay heed to it.
On Monday, around 100 MNS activists and aggrieved residents took up the matter with Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and NMC's health department. They also lodged a complaint with the Gittikhadan police station and visited the factory's ETP.
"The factory releases polluted water in the nullah during the night. The company manufactures dairy products and the water released emanates foul smell. We have given 15 days' time to the management to check the problem, failing which a public agitation will be launched," Kunte told TOI.
The Dinshaw's management has denied that polluted water was being released in the nullah. "We are being made a scapegoat. The plant is operating for the past 15 years but such complaints were never received. In Borgaon, many new constructions that have come up recently don't have system to dispose of sewerage, all of which is being released in the nullah," said P G George, senior personnel manager.
"The company has an ETP, which is functioning very well and polluted water is reused. The plant is in a low lying area and as the nullah passes just besides the plant. Residents feel we are polluting it. Whereas the problem is that people dump garbage in it, leading to unhygienic conditions," George said. He feared there might be an attempt to gain political mileage out of the issue by MNS.
On Monday, after MNS protests, MPCB sub-regional officer R U Patil also visited the factory site. He said, "It's true that the factory has a systematic ETP, but I feel, it is not being operated systematically."
Patil said the fact cannot be ruled out that the slur developed in ETP may be seeping into the nullah due to poor maintenance and mismanagement by the operators concerned. "I feel there is no regular monitoring of the release of polluted water," Patil said.
To this, George says, "If there are any mistakes in operations, we will try to rectify them. " Following complaints, on February 11, the MPCB has ordered the company to shift the plant elsewhere in 15 months. "We have taken the pollution issue seriously and action will be recommend against the Dinshaw's for causing pollution," Patil stated.
George admits that the company has applied to the MPCB for its consent to shift the location of the unit. "Once we get the consent from MPCB, the plant will be shifted to Butibori," he said.
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