Pollution board gets HC nod to inspect Durgapur plant

The Calcutta High Court has given permission to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to inspect the Durgapur Project Limited and check if installations are in place to curb pollution caused by the plant.

The Calcutta High Court has given permission to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to inspect the Durgapur Project Limited (DPL) and check if installations are in place to curb pollution caused by the plant.

Delivering the order on Friday,a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mohit S Shan and Justice Kalyan Joyti Sengupta asked the WBPCB to file a report on the same by June third week. The case will come up for hearing on June 25.

In December 2009,the WBPCB had filed a contempt petition against DPL alleging that despite a 1994 Supreme Court ruling to curb pollution level,the DPL had taken no measures.

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Advocate Joydeep Kar,counsel of the DPL,averred the company has taken short-term measures to curb pollution and that the long-term measures would be implemented soon.

Advocate Kallol Bose,meanwhile,pleaded that the WBPCB wanted to verify the installations set up in the plant. It was alleged that liquid effluent containing toxic elements were discharged from the plant in Tulah Nullah,which polluted the Damodar and Ganga rivers.

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