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Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
GPCB files FIR for 70 tonnes of plastics dumped in Halol
Vadodara: Some factories manufacturing plastic bags in Halol, which have faced raids since Jan, seem to have dumped material in the open at villages in Halol taluka. The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) registered an offence for two instances of such dumping in the district. The Halol municipality, Panchmahal district administration and GPCB have conducted several joint raids in Halol on units manufacturing single-use plastics, which is prohibited under the law. A large quantity of material was seized during these raids, and it emerged that some units, which were closed on paper, were still manufacturing plastic bags. The dumping of such bags in the open has now been brought to the notice of GPCB. On Saturday, the regional officer of the Panchmahal GPCB, Dr Pradeep Dave, received a call from Piyush Baria, the sarpanch of Amrapuri village in Halol taluka. Baria told Dave about a vast amount of plastic bags dumped near the village. Dave formed a team and visited the site on Sunday. On his way, Dave saw a large quantity of plastic bags also dumped near Sonipur village. The FIR filed at Halol rural police station states that when the team spoke to a villager, Ganpatgiri Nayak, he told them that the material had been dumped at the site by one Anwar Pathan, a resident of Mahudipura in Waghodia taluka of Vadodara. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like How to Find Gas Detectors for Various Needs in Belgium (Learn More) Gas Detectors | Search Ads Undo Nayak told the team that the material had been dumped there four months ago. He also said that Pathan was told to take the material away but did not do so. The team found about 40 metric tonnes (MT) of plastic dumped at Sonipur village. At Amrapuri village, for which Dave had received a call, about 30 MT of plastic bags were found dumped in the open by unknown persons. Dave's complaint states that plastic waste must be disposed of in a scientific manner at a facility approved by GPCB. The FIR was registered on Sunday evening under Sections 280, 286, 287 and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 7, 8 and 15 (1) of the Environment Protection Act.
Time of India
04-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
CM to unveil several projects
Gandhinagar: As the nationwide 'Ek Ped Ma Ke Naam' campaign completed a year on June 5, the state govt said it planted 17.48 crore saplings and secured the second position in the country. Kutch district led by planting 2.95 lakh saplings over the past year, the govt said. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel will preside over the state-level environment day function at Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre on Thursday to mark World Environment Day . He will unveil several projects of the environment and forests department at the event, a govt statement said on Wednesday. An official statement mentioned that 1.76 crore saplings were planted in rural areas of the state, while 15.72 crore saplings were planted in urban areas over the past year. The statement also noted that in Gujarat, 5,500 villages established 'Matruvan' as part of the 75th Van Mahotsav in 2024. Additionally, under the 'Van Kavach' scheme, 10,000 saplings were planted using the Miyawaki method, preparing 122 Van Kavach over 200 hectares in 2024-25. On Thursday, the chief minister will launch a dashboard for plastic waste management, update the GCZMA website, virtually inaugurate the new building of GPCB's Bharuch regional office, the air laboratory of GPCB's Morbi regional office, and the newly constructed CETP in Halol.
