News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi.
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:28 PM IST
Summary
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Center on a petition against the NGT order banning water purifiers.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Center on a plea against the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order banning water purifiers with TDS below 500 mg per litre. In December last year, the NGT had directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue a direction to all RO manufacturers to ban water purifiers where the total dissolved solids (TDS) level in water is more than 500 mg per litre. is less. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel had also asked the CPCB to issue directions on the management of RO dismissals with cartridges.
CPCB was instructed
The bench had observed that in order to ensure compliance of the orders of this Tribunal read with the orders of the Supreme Court, we direct the CPCB to issue an appropriate order under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 to all manufacturers in accordance with the orders of this Tribunal. give instructions. It should be implemented within the next one month. The tribunal said that the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on the regulation on the use of water treatment systems cannot be said to be compliance with its order.
The bench had observed that where TDS is less than 500 mg/l, there is no provision to regulate and restrict RO systems, as directed by this tribunal. There is also no supply chain management of RO rejects. Similarly the issue of wastage of water remains unresolved.
Expansion
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Center on a plea against the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order banning water purifiers with TDS below 500 mg per litre. In December last year, the NGT had directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue a direction to all RO manufacturers to ban water purifiers where the total dissolved solids (TDS) level in water is more than 500 mg per litre. is less. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel had also asked the CPCB to issue directions on the management of RO dismissals with cartridges.
CPCB was instructed
The bench had observed that in order to ensure compliance of the orders of this Tribunal read with the orders of the Supreme Court, we direct the CPCB to issue an appropriate order under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986 to all manufacturers in accordance with the orders of this Tribunal. give instructions. It should be implemented within the next one month. The tribunal said that the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on the regulation on the use of water treatment systems cannot be said to be compliance with its order.
The bench had observed that where TDS is less than 500 mg/l, there is no provision to regulate and restrict RO systems, as directed by this tribunal. There is also no supply chain management of RO rejects. Similarly the issue of wastage of water remains unresolved.