Reacting to the ongoing protest by local residents against the solid waste management and recycling plant in Sheeshambada, the municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey has said that the protest is not going to change anything. The MCD has all the permissions and paperwork required to operate the plant in that area, he stressed.
According to Pandey, “We have submitted our application for the renewal of No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB). Unless UEPPCB rejects it, it will be viewed as deemed to be sanctioned and we will keep working.
The protest means nothing and it will lead nowhere. Besides, we have all the mandatory documents and authorisation.
Waste management plant cannot be shut down on the terms of the public. Only three authorities have the right to order its closure- the National Green Tribunal, High Court and Supreme Court.”
About the complaints of foul smell in the area and public health risk, the commissioner said that these allegations were baseless.
“There is no foul smell and public health risk on the site. Enzymes are sprayed six times a day to sterilise the place. The people staging the protest have their own personal issues regarding the waste management plant and I don’t want to comment on that," he added.
