NHRC notice to Centre, Delhi govt, CPCB over groundwater contamination

In a statement, NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that "groundwater is getting contaminated dangerously near the landfill sites at Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla and the engineered sanitary landfill at Bawana in Delhi"

|May 12, 2022, 22:39:32 IST

New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board over reports of groundwater getting "contaminated dangerously" near landfill sites in the national capital.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the NHRC said it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that "groundwater is getting contaminated dangerously near the landfill sites at Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla and the engineered sanitary landfill at Bawana in Delhi".

Considering the issue as a major threat to health and the environment, the NHRC said it issued notices to the secretary of the Union Jal Shakti Ministry, chief secretary of the Delhi government and the chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board, and sought detailed reports in six weeks.

They should include the steps being taken or proposed to be taken to deal with the problem, the statement said.

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