By Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, FEB 9
Punjab Chief
Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Haryana Chief Minister Mr.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda to take immediate necessary steps for controling the
discharge of pollutants in to the River Ghaggar.
Disclosing this
here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office informed that in a
letter Mr. Badal informed the Chief Minister of Haryana that a recent survey of
the River Ghaggar along its catchment area conducted by Punjab Pollution
Control Board, revealed that from Nada Sahib Gurudwara (Distt. Panchkula), where
the colour of the water was found changing downstream of confluence point of
discharge of sewage/ sullage and industrial effluent from the Focal Point of
Panchkula, near Village Bhankerpur, District Mohali besides, the wastewater of
Ambala, Shahbad Markanda and about 100 villages of Haryana was also being
discharged into this River. Even the Saraswati River, which carries the flow of
wastewater from Pehowa Town and industrial wastewater of some paper mills and
card board mills of District Kaithal, also enters into the Punjab territory and
pollutes the River Ghaggar near Village Rasauli, Tehsil Patran in District
Patiala, he added.
Mr. Badal also
informed Mr. Hooda that The State of Punjab has taken path breaking steps to
stop the discharge of industrial effluent into river Ghaggar and presently,
none of the industry of the State was discharging its effluent into river
Ghaggar. However, the effluent of industries of Panchkula area and paper/card
board manufacturing industries of District Kaithal (Haryana) are discharging
their wastewater into river Ghaggar through Singh Nallah, Saraswati drain/
Saggarpara drain/ Kaithal drain, respectively. In addition, the domestic
wastewater of Jakhal and Ratia town of Haryana was also being discharge into
this river.
Seeking Mr.
Hooda’s personal intervention to make River Ghaggar pollution free, Mr. Badal
informed that this matter had already been brought to the notice of both the
Haryana State Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board.
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