PANAJI: In a blow to the shack operators, Goa State Pollution Control
Board (GSPCB) has turned down their request for exemption from the
provisions of Air and Water Pollution (control) Act. It has however
decided to hold special camps to assist shack operators to apply for
consent to operate.
GSPCB will hold three-day special camp from Friday to Sunday for the entire North Goa belt at Calangute community hall whereas for South Goa belt, two-day camp will be held on
Monday and Tuesday next week the venue for which is yet to be finalised.
Members of Shack Owners’ Welfare Society of Goa along with Calangute MLA Michael Lobo made a representation to the GSPCB chairman Jose Noronha on Thursday afternoon and proposed to exempt shack business from the ambit of pollution control board on the grounds that their’s is a seasonal business.
Speaking to this daily, GSPCB chairman Jose Noronha said that the issue is consequent to NGT order. Though some have obliged to the norms but there are large number of applicants who need assistance in filling up forms hence we will hold special camps in both the coastal belts with our team comprising of technical, accounts and IT.
GSPCB had in its 115th board meeting made ‘consent to operate’ compulsory for shack owners to be valid for two years. It was said that the shack owners will be allowed to operate soon after applying for the consent to operate and NOC granted within six months.
Responding to a question, Noronha said that the application for consent to operate will be accepted on the spot and a team of engineers will subsequently carry out an inspection. However, he said that the consent to operate will be granted only after a compliance report is filed.
Under Water Act and Air Act, Noronha said that shacks should have proper oil and grease trap, make provision of soak pits or arrange storage system for sewage collection and maintain detailed log books showing daily collection and transportation of sewage to night soil tankers. Moreover, adequate facilities for garbage collection and disposal have to be in place.
Meanwhile, owners of eleven shacks along Majorda-Utorda beach belt that were shut down by the tourism department for violation of green norms have approached the GSPCB and filed applications for consent to operate.
http://www.navhindtimes.in/pollution-clearance-gspcb-rules-out-exemption-for-shacks/
GSPCB will hold three-day special camp from Friday to Sunday for the entire North Goa belt at Calangute community hall whereas for South Goa belt, two-day camp will be held on
Monday and Tuesday next week the venue for which is yet to be finalised.
Members of Shack Owners’ Welfare Society of Goa along with Calangute MLA Michael Lobo made a representation to the GSPCB chairman Jose Noronha on Thursday afternoon and proposed to exempt shack business from the ambit of pollution control board on the grounds that their’s is a seasonal business.
Speaking to this daily, GSPCB chairman Jose Noronha said that the issue is consequent to NGT order. Though some have obliged to the norms but there are large number of applicants who need assistance in filling up forms hence we will hold special camps in both the coastal belts with our team comprising of technical, accounts and IT.
GSPCB had in its 115th board meeting made ‘consent to operate’ compulsory for shack owners to be valid for two years. It was said that the shack owners will be allowed to operate soon after applying for the consent to operate and NOC granted within six months.
Responding to a question, Noronha said that the application for consent to operate will be accepted on the spot and a team of engineers will subsequently carry out an inspection. However, he said that the consent to operate will be granted only after a compliance report is filed.
Under Water Act and Air Act, Noronha said that shacks should have proper oil and grease trap, make provision of soak pits or arrange storage system for sewage collection and maintain detailed log books showing daily collection and transportation of sewage to night soil tankers. Moreover, adequate facilities for garbage collection and disposal have to be in place.
Meanwhile, owners of eleven shacks along Majorda-Utorda beach belt that were shut down by the tourism department for violation of green norms have approached the GSPCB and filed applications for consent to operate.
http://www.navhindtimes.in/pollution-clearance-gspcb-rules-out-exemption-for-shacks/
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