The Supervising committee formed
under N.G.T will start taking samples from Buddah Naalah from
today onward.
The 2nd meeting of the
committee will be held at Ludhiana in the first week of September.
Seechewal Times
The committee formed under N.G.T
to stop dumping of poisonous water substances in the Beas river will start
taking samples from Buddah Nallah from today. After taking part in the first
meeting of the committee at Delhi. Committee member Sant Seechewal on his
return, told that the meeting lasted for five hours at the “Central Pollution Control
Board Office”. In this meeting a issue of dumping of the poisonous substances
in the Sutlej river was discussed in detail. The next meeting of the supervising
committee will be held at Ludhiana in the first week of September. He told that
the Committee members have been allotted their specific duties. Sant Seechewal
told that his responsibility is to get them known about the present situation
of the poisonous substances being dumped in the Sutlej. In this meeting the
Punjab Local Body Deptt. Officials remained absent.
The officers representing Rajasthan
Pollution Control Board, participating in the meeting told that the water that
is being supplied to them through canals from Punjab, for drinking, contains
too much poisonous substances. Whereas Punjab Pollution Control Board in the
meeting insists on that they have installed many S.T.Ps to treat the
contaminated waters of Sutlej.
Sant Seechewal told that the task of
taking samples from Buddah Nallah will be started from today, photography and
videography will also be done. The full report on this work will be put on the website
of Punjab Control Board. The General Public can also give their suggestions and
comments on this subject. Supervising committee will also work on to bring
awareness among the people. Sant Seechewal told that along with Buddah Nallah,
Chitti Bein and Kala Sanghian Drain all other resources will be searched, whose
contaminated waters directly or indirectly are being dumped into Sutlej river.
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