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Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Environment and Forests K. Pawan Kalyan has called for measures to fortify the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) truthful that it tin efficaciously curb contamination without hindering concern development.
He directed APPCB unit to hole a broad study connected their roles and backing requirements, portion cautioning the Board against individuals attempting to misuse its sanction for idiosyncratic gain. Expressing concern, helium noted that adjacent successful the catchment areas of the Godavari river, radical were being forced to bargain drinking h2o owed to contamination caused by aqua farms and insubstantial mills nearby.
Reviewing the functioning of the APPCB successful the aftermath of allegations by Vijayawada Central MLA Bonda Umamaheswara Rao—that immoderate apical officials were influenced by companies allegedly violating contamination power norms—Mr. Kalyan said that though the APPCB was a statutory assemblage with constricted authorities oversight, it should relation successful a mode that leaves nary country for suspicion.
Unlike departments specified arsenic Panchayat Raj, which are straight supervised by the government, the APPCB operates nether its ain statutory powers, helium pointed out. He cautioned that regulatory enforcement should not unit industries to relocate, arsenic reportedly happened during the YSR Congress Party’s tenure.
Citing the LG Polymers tragedy, successful which respective radical mislaid their lives, helium stressed that specified incidents should not beryllium forgotten. Since accidents cannot ever beryllium predicted, round-the-clock monitoring was essential, helium said, portion advising the adoption of precocious technologies to trim contamination and forestall concern disasters.
Mr. Pawan Kalyan asked officials to taxable a elaborate study connected the APPCB, noting that helium would marque it nationalist successful the involvement of transparency, and to forestall vested interests from raising doubts astir the Board’s integrity.
Government Principal Secretary (Environment and Forests) Kantilal Dande, PR Commissioner M.V.R. Krishna Teja, and different elder officials attended the meeting.
