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Bombay HC ‘surprised’ at persistent odour, methane emissions from Kanjurmarg landfill despite orders, seeks CCTV surveillance
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Bombay HC ‘surprised’ at persistent odour, methane emissions from Kanjurmarg landfill despite orders, seeks CCTV surveillance

The Indian Express·Omkar Gokhale·25 days ago
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Moreover, the HC said the authorities need to consult horticultural and agricultural experts on forestation on the land to contain pollution and posted the matter for further hearing in June. The Bombay High Court on Thursday “expressed surprise” over grievances related to odour and emission of dangerous gases including methane from the Kanjurmarg dumping site in suburban eastern Mumbai between 1 am and 6 am that still have not been “satisfactorily resolved” by the authorities despite orders, affecting workers at the site and lakhs of people in the vicinity. It said that concrete steps were required to be taken to control the odour and directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to install additional CCTV cameras at the dumping facility and its live coverage to be linked to the civic body’s office through its website, to monitor activities at night hours. It also sought to know if additional waste from an abattoir or some other place was arriving at night.…

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