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Poudouchéry Mardi
17
Mars
2020 (27 Phalguna 1941)
No.
Puducherry
Tuesday
17th
March
2020
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
YANAM MUNICIPALITY, YANAM
No. 1459/B1/YM/2020.
Yanam, dated 11th March 2020.
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of powers conferred by sections 3, 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986)
and in supersession of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules,2000, the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, has notified the rules, namely, the Solid Waste
Management Rules, 2016.
2. Rule 14(h) of the aforesaid rules stipulate that, the Central Pollution Control Board shall publish
guidelines for maintaining Buffer zone restricting any residential, commercial or any other construction activity
within the outer boundary of the waste processing and disposal facilities for different sizes of facilities handling
more than five tons per day of solid waste and accordingly the Central Pollution Control Board has issued
guidelines on the provision of Buffer zone around waste processing and disposal facilities on April, 2017.
3. Rule 11 (1) of the said rules lays down that the Secretary-in-charge, Urban Development in the States
and Union Territories shall notify Buffer zone for the solid waste processing and disposal facilities of more than
five tons per day in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board.
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4. The Puducherry Pollution Control Committee has issued vide its Order No. 3/PPCC/SWM/JSA/2020/1192,
dated 30-01-2020 directing Local Administration Department to notify the Buffer zone around solid waste
processing and disposal facility.
5. The Hon’ble National Green Tribunal in its judgment pronounced in Original Application No.199 of 2014
(Mr. Almitra H. Patel versus Union of India) on 22nd December, 2016 at Para 41 has issued specific directions
in making decisions for site selection, establishment of the plant processing facilities and welfare of the public
at large and had observed that “Keeping in view of scarcity of land, even 15 metres Buffer zone would be sufficient,
provided it has rich green belt to serve the requisite purpose”.
6. Hence, a Buffer zone ensuring minimum aerial distance of 15mts. earmarked along the east, west and
south side periphery of the boundary of Resource Recovery Park near UKV Nagar, Yanam and flood bank Road
on the north side, ensuring restricted activities and enabling long term continuous availability of disposal sites
by avoiding potential conflicts between waste disposal site and adjacent lands with different users is hereby
declared by this Municipality as detailed below:
Sl.
Buffer zone
Ward/Block/T.S.
Location (Boundaries)
Area
No.
Dimension
No
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
H.A.Ca.
1
15 Mts.
D/1/10pt., Francetippa
Eastern side
Revenue Village.
2
15 Mts.
D/1/10pt., Francetippa
Western side
Revenue Village.
1.05
3
15 Mts.
D/1/10pt., Francetippa
Southern side
Revenue Village.
4
Existing flood
C/1, Kanakalapeta
Northern side
bank road width
Revenue Village.
(flood bank road)
15mts.
7. The effectiveness of the declared Buffer zone shall be reinforced by the green belt within the Solid
Waste processing disposal boundaries by growing plant species recommended by Central Pollution Control Board, such
as Acacia Nilotica, Delbergia Sissoo, Acacia Auriculiformis, Azadiracta Indica, Lagertoemai Speciosa, Prongamia
Pinnata, etc.
G. GOWRI SAROJA,
Commissioner.