Farmers protest discharge of commercial waste into water our bodies
Amritsar, January 11
Farmers beneath the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) staged a protest exterior the Punjab Air pollution Management Board (PPCB) workplace right here on the forty sixth day of their agitation on Wednesday to spotlight the difficulty of discharge of commercial waste into water our bodies.
The KMSC has been protesting exterior the DC workplace since November 26 and have made three toll plazas within the district free for commuters since December 15. Union leaders stated they weren’t in opposition to industrial items however the authorities should make them adhere to all air pollution management norms.
On the warpath since Nov 26
The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) has been protesting exterior the DC workplace since November 26 and have made three toll plazas within the district free for commuters since December 15
KMSC basic secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher stated: “Industries should be requested to deal with waste water earlier than discharging it immediately into nullahs, canals and even underground borewells.” Pandher stated groundwater reserve has been contaminated with extremely harmful chemical compounds and industrial waste.
Numerous folks within the state are depending on groundwater for ingesting, cooking and different functions, he stated, including that the air pollution management board had turned a blind eye to the unethical and unlawful actions of commercial items which was a trigger for concern. “We would like the authorities to get up from their slumber and realise that their youngsters too are ingesting the identical polluted water,” stated Pandher.
The KMSC leaders stated the federal government ought to ask all industrial items to arrange sewerage remedy crops and effluent remedy crops to deal with waste water generated by them of their items. They stated all authorities departments, coping with industrial items, appear to have turned a blind eye to the air pollution being attributable to these items.
The leaders stated as Punjab is an agricultural state, the precedence of the federal government must be to arrange meals processing and agriculture-based business. They stated pollution-causing industries shouldn’t be allowed to arrange their items.