STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: A Public Interest Litigation has highlighted the poor working of State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) especially there is hardly any arrangement for testing the quality of air.
The PIL was filed by Advocate Rajinder Singh Jamwal regarding highlighting the poor working of State Pollution Control Board. The petition pointed out that in the absence of pollution check at government laboratory level most of the industrial units have seek help from private laboratories for getting the sample tested which is in violation of law because no authenticity has been attached to these reports.
A Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice M.M Kumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur after hearing petitioner issued notice to Chief Secretary J and K, Chairman Central Pollution Control Board, Chairman and Secretary State Pollution Control Board and directed time to file response. JNF