The Delhi high court has asked the Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCB) to explain how the “waste to energy” project near Sukhdev Vihar will not be polluting the air.
The court sought a detailed report from the DPCB while hearing a PIL filed by Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association (RWA).
According to the petitioner RWA, the waste treatment plant will burn 2,050 tonnes of waste every day that will severely pollute the air of the nearby surroundings.
The association also pointed out that the proposed site is just hundred metres away from DDA flats of Sukhdev Vihar and also in close proximity to several hospitals.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Manmohan observed that the court is not an expert in the matter so DPCB must be present in the next hearing to clarify the issue.
The petitioner pleaded before the high court to direct that the treatment plant be shifted complying with the Supreme Court’s earlier order prohibiting such plants to be set up in residential areas.
On behalf of the respondent’s the government argued that Rs 130 crores have already been spent on the project worth Rs 220 crores and that it may be difficult to shift the project at such advanced stage.