The Environmental Protection Tribunal (EPT) has restrained the Capital Development Authority (CDA) from dumping solid waste near the human population in Sector I-11/4, causing air pollution and health risks for the local residents.
The restraint appeared after a concerned citizen filed a complaint with the tribunal reporting a serious violation committed by the civic agency by establishing a dumping site at an undesignated place close to the human population, next to a cash and carry and fruits and vegetable market as well.
Chairman of the Tribunal Adil Anwar, on the report of the Pak-EPA,restrained the CDA management from dumping solid waste in Sector I-11/4, which was an imminent threat to human lives and a big environmental hazard in the area, Registrar EPT BakhtawarIrshad said. Pak-EPA Deputy Director Legal and Enforcement Aamir Abbas Khan has submitted the site inspection report in light of the court’s previous order on July 6, where the complainant had filed an application for the issuance of a restraining order. However, the tribunal, keeping in view the application, directed the civic body to stop dumping solid waste on the site until the next order of the court.
