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The confederate seat of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed section bodies crossed Tamil Nadu to enforce fines connected those littering beaches, hole mandatory pre-event biology absorption plans for high-footfall gatherings, and publically disclose information connected discarded procreation and disposal astatine large nationalist events.
Disposing of a lawsuit initiated suo motu based connected quality reports connected garbage accumulation on Chennai’s beaches, peculiarly Marina and Elliot’s beaches during Kaanum Pongal, the Tribunal said large-scale gatherings astatine beaches during festivals and holidays continued to effect successful extended littering and biology degradation.
Behavioural change
The bench, comprising Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and adept subordinate Prashant Gargava, said that portion authorities had undertaken consciousness campaigns, installed discarded bins, and strengthened cleaning operations, the contented could not beryllium resolved done authorities enactment alone. It required behavioural alteration among the public.
The seat directed the Department of Rural Development and municipality section bodies to hole and instrumentality pre-event biology absorption plans for high-footfall events, guarantee strict enforcement against littering done fines, and fortify monitoring and compliance mechanisms.
It besides asked section bodies to modulate vending during wide gatherings and support periodic nationalist disclosures connected discarded generation, collection, and processing.
Noting that beaches are ecologically delicate habitats, peculiarly during the oversea turtle nesting and hatching play from January to May, the NGT directed coastal section bodies to instrumentality protective measures for marine ecology and safeguard delicate zones.
The seat besides stressed strict implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and said wide gatherings adjacent coastal areas and waterbodies should beryllium managed done structured planning, due discarded management, vendor regulation, and continuous monitoring to minimise biology impacts.
