MPT allowed to dispose piling coal
PTI, PANAJI | 20 October 2012 21:03 IST
Goa State Pollution Control Board has allowed the user companies of Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to evacuate the coal piling on two of its berths.
GSPCB member Secretary Lavinsons Martins issued orders yesterday allowing all the five steel making companies to move the coal that was lying on berths 10 and 11 of MPT.
The coal was lying since September 27, when GSPCB had banned its handling after the port’s failure to control pollution levels.
The coal dust was found polluting the port town.
While allowing the evacuation of the coal yesterday, the GSPCB has made it mandatory that the companies move the natural resource using railway wagons.
Only two companies, which have total 8 per cent of coal on both the berths, are allowed to take it via road, that too during the night.
The order also mentions that all the coal should be evacuated by November 5.
The pollution control board officials were worried that the stacking of coal at both the berths, which are next to the tanks storing inflammable substance, should not ignite fire.
GSPCB Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said the MPT will not be given consent to handle coal under Air and Water Pollution Control Act, until they take all the measures to avoid pollution in the port town.
Drop a comment
Latest News
- Will probable defectors learn from the 2022 election?
- Kejri’s ‘Bhandari’ bubble bursts, community votes beyond caste across Goa
- Prez urged to highlight Nehru’s brave role in liberating Goa
- 503 fresh cases today, only 73 traced at 8 centres, where else is Covid spreading?
- Goa’s Covid +ves are more than the national average; is home isolation a trend?
- Goa loses 11 young lives within a fortnight, many neglect symptoms
- 50% of Zuarinagar Covid positives are Zuari workers; should the factory be shut down?
- Will ‘judgement of error’ boomerang on Dr Pramod Sawant?
- Govt “concerned” over Pharmas in Verna, Cipla also spreading Covid
- Verna IE spreading Covid all over Goa? Why Govt is so secretive?
Environment
- Monsoon may reach Goa, Maharashtra before time
- HC stops Resorts and Marinas on Goan coastline
- Goa now plans a Birds Festival
- Govt disilting whole Sal River to build Verna-Dharmapur bypass on NH17
- Despite opposition, Guv clears controversial ‘coconut bill’
- Sri Sri Event Cleared, With 5 Crore Fine And Conditions
- Will Guv give assent to the ‘coconut bill’ or refer it back to the House?
- Farm House owners, farmers want ‘Coconut Museum’; support the bill
- Goa's Pollution Control Board goes for paperless approvals
- Falcated Duck sighted in South Goa
