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Information in respect of Abettoirs / Slaughter Houses in the State of Maharashtra with reference to the order passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the Writ Petiton (Civil) No.309/2003 filed by Laxmi Narayan Modi V/s Union of India & Ors. as on 31/10/2004
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Laxmi Narayan Modi has
filed writ petition (Civil ) No.309/2003 against the Union of India
& Ors. before Hon’ble Supreme Court of India seeking directions
from Hon’ble Supreme Court that the incineration of all animal waste
to be made compulsory in all abattoirs, slaughter houses, meat processing
units in India. Hon’ble Supreme Court has directed on 26/7/2004
the Central Pollution Control Board to collect information from
various State Pollution Control Boards / Committees as to the modes
adopted in their respective areas for the disposal of their waste.
The State Pollution Control Boards / Committees are directed to
co-operate with the Central Pollution Control Board and supply the
requisite information to it within stipulated time for filing of
an Affidavit compiling the above information in a chart.
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has compiled the information
from all the Regional Offices and submitted the requisite information
to the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt.of India.
After compiling information about the slaughter houses / abattoirs
& meat processing units as per directions of the Central Pollution
Control Board, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has directed
its Regional Officers to intiate appropriate legal action against
the defaulting slaughter houses / abattoirs & meat processing units
on the basis of the seriousness of pollution problem exist there.
A statement showing the status of the directions issued against
the defaulting slaughter houses /abattoirs & meat processing units
is reproduced hereunder.
MPCB had issued show cause notices to 7 units of slaughter houses
in Kolhapur Region; and issued proposed directions to 4 units in
Nashik Region; 31 units in Nagpur region & 7 Units in Kalyan Region.
Further MPCB had also issued directions of closure to 4 units in
Thane, one unit in Nashik, 2 units in Pune, one unit in Raigad and
restarted one unit each in Thane, Pune and Raigad respectively.
The slaughter houses /abattoirs & meat processing units which have
submitted concrete proposal for providing adequate and suitable
treatment and disposal facilities for their liquid and solid waste
are allowed to restart their manufacturing activities subject to
stringent conditions to secure compliance of the consent conditions
in a time bound manner. In appropriate cases, the Board has procured
appropriate Bank guarantees ensuring the compliance of directions.
The Board has also file prosecution against one slaughter house,
namely ASC Abattoirs, 58th Company Supply Depot , Khadki, Pune in
the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pune on 3/12/2004, which
has not complied with the directions of closure and obstructed the
Officer of the Board from executing the said directions. |
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Present status in respect of directions issued to the Slaughter Houses. |
In pursuance to the order
passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition No.309/2003
filed by Laxmi Narain Modi V/s Union of India & Ors., the Regional
Officer of the Board at Kalyan had issued directions of closure to
the following non-complied slaughter houses in his jurisdiction with
the directions to the Executive Engineer, MSEB/Water Supply, Bhiwandi
Municipal Corpn. & Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Coprn., Bhiwandi
to disconnect electricity/water supply. However, the said defaulting
units have not closed down their operations, which was observed during
the visit of Field Officer, MPCB, Kalyan dt.21/6/2005 & 23/6/2005.
Since the electricity is not required on account of process being
carried out manually, the slaughter houses are in operation without
ETP & pollution control devices and causing severe pollution in
the surrounding area.
Therefore, the MPCB has directed the Municipal Commissioners, Kalyan
Dombivli Municipal Corpn. & Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corpn.
respectively vide its letter dt.12/8/2005, to seal the activities
of the following defaulting slaughter houses as per their jurisdiction
with a request to SDOs, Bhiwandi/ Kalyan , in case of failure of
directions of sealing, to take steps to seal the said defaulting
slaughter houses, in case of failure to voluntarily close down their
units within 72 hrs. from the date of issue of above directions.
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Slaughter houses of Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation. |
1. Big Slaughter House, Idgha Road Bhag, Bunder.
2. Slaughter House, Teen Bhatti, Meat Market.
3. Slaughter House, Bhusar Mohalla.
4. Slaughter House, Padma Nagar. |
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Slaughter houses of Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation. |
1. M/s.Beef
Slaughter House, Near Patri Pool, Kalyan –Shil Road, Kalyan.
2. Kalyan Dombivali, Municipal Corporation, West
Dombivali.
3. Mahatma Fule Mitten, Market Slaughter House,
Kalyan (W). |
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As per the directives of the Board, the Regional Officer of the Board
at Nashik has issued closure directions to the Slaughter House of Kopergaon Municipal Council w.e.f. 17/8/2005 and accordingly, the slaughter house has been stopped w.e.f. 17/8/2005 as per the report
of Regional Officer-Nashik.
Regional Officer, MPCB, Aurangabad has issued directions to all the slaughter houses in his jurisdiction to apply for consent and submit time bound proposal to upgrade its effluent treatment plant and disposal arrangements by 22/8/2005.
Accordingly, the status of compliance is reproduced as under. |
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| 1) M/s.Frigorifico
Allana Ltd., Aurangabad : The bank guarantee of Rs.1,00,000/-
is submitted by the industry towards ensuring the compliance of the
conditional directions. The industry has mentioned in its reply that
they have taken steps for achieving the standards of treated effluent
as the BOD – 30 mg/l. and COD-100 mg/l. The consent to operate
is valid upto 30/11/2005. |
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| 2) M/s.Mafco Ltd.,
Nanded : The payment of cess has been paid upto June, 2005.
The work of improvement / modification and upgradation in the existing
effluent treatment plant is being examined. It will take some time
to get necessary reports and proposal in this regard. The upgradation
of existing effluent treatment plant and solid waste management system
will be commissioned within a six months period so as to achieve the
norms of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and to avoid any damage
to the environment. The consent to operate is valid upto 31/12/2005. |
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| 3) Aurangabad Municipal
Corporation, Aurangabad : The application for consent to
operate with consent fees of Rs.1,30,000/- is submitted in this office.
The Municipal Corporation Authority has obtained the details about
the Action Plan for the erection of the effluent treatment plant from
the NEERI, Nagpur and accordingly, the modernisation work of effluent
treatment plant will be started only after getting the funds from
the Government of India. |
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