The protesters who have been agitating against the construction of the landfill in Sector 123 met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Ghaziabad on Monday. They apprised him about the situation and sought his help.
The chief minister, upon hearing about the situation said that any landfill site should be at a distance of 2 km from the area of human habitation. It is a stipulation mandated by the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016.
According to the rules, a landfill site should be situated at a distance of 100 metres from a riverbed, and 200 metres from water bodies, highways, habitations, public parks and water supply wells.
Sukheer Pehlawan, president of the Kooda Ghar Virodh Sangharsh Samiti, said that "We met with the chief minister during his visit to Ghaziabad and informed him about the long-term ill-effects that the landfill in Sector 123 will have on the residents and especially the future generation. It has been affecting lakhs of residents in the area by causing air pollution and groundwater contamination."
Yogi Adityanath has ordered the officials to conduct a meeting with the residents on Tuesday. Union Minister and local MP Mahesh Sharma and MLA Pankaj Singh are also expected to be present at the meeting.
When the National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued an interim order on May 29 directing the authorities to stop the dumping of waste in the forest located at Sector 54, the authorities decided to build a landfill site in Sector 123.
This decision has caused a huge furore and the residents from sectors 117-122 along with some villagers started protesting against the Noida Authority against the construction of the landfill and the waste-to-energy site. However, the Noida Authority has already started dumping the waste there.
As per the Master Plan 2031 of Noida, a recreational green area is proposed at the site where the authority is constructing a dump yard and the residents thus state that they will not let the authorities violate the rules.
According to the district magistrate, BN Singh, the law and order is their primary concern. He stated that if the residents have an issue, they should move to either the NGT or the court but should not intervene in the work of a statutory body. Yet the document shown by the residents states clearly that they can complain to the authority if they feel that the site is not suitable.
However, the administration claims that the NGT rules can be changed accordingly and they are working on the orders given to them.
Now the residents are also considering approaching the high court and the NGT.
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