Kanjur landfill: Move SC, civic body urges govt
Mumbai: Even as
is preparing to submit a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in
, challenging the
judgment declaring 120 hectares of the
a protected mangrove forest and ordering its restoration, it has urged state govt to file a similar SLP in SC.The BMC chief has written to state forest and environment departments pointing out that enforcing the HC order would cripple the city's waste management as
scientifically processes about 90% of the municipal solid waste (6,000 tonnes/day) and currently there is no alternative site. tnn Mumbai: Even as BMC is preparing to submit a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay high court judgment declaring 120 hectares of the Kanjurmarg dumping site a protected mangrove forest and ordering its restoration, it has urged state govt to file a similar SLP in SC.The BMC chief has written to state forest and environment departments pointing out that enforcing the HC order would cripple the city's waste management as Kanjur landfill scientifically processes about 90% of the municipal solid waste (6,000 tonnes/day) and currently there is no alternative site.
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