The notice, issued to the terminal at Berth number 7 of Mormugao Port Trust, is returnable within seven days failing which the Board has warned legal action against the unit under the Air Act.
The Board officials’ inspection at the unit had prima facie found that it has been operating by violating conditions contained in Consent to Operate granted on January 8, 2014. The exercise follows a judgment by the High Court of Bombay at Goa in February 2012 directing the Board to monitor the pollution at MPT from time to time to protect the environment and issue directions in accordance with the law.
The inspection carried out on December 23 found that stockpiles of coal lying at the premises have not been covered with tarpaulin while coal dispatched through trucks using dozers cause dust pollution.
The team also observed that sprinklers and dry fogging systems were not operating, and continuous ambient air quality monitoring system was not installed under the Water Act and Air Act.
Adani’s terminal at MPT gets GSPCB’s show-cause notice
PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to mechanized coal/coke handling terminal of Adani Mormugao Port Terminal Pvt asking as to why Consent to Operate should not be revoked for causing environmental pollution in the vicinity.
