The Telangana High Court on Tuesday disposed of a PIL petition seeking instructions to check contamination of Cheriyal and Edulabad tanks due to leakage of leachate from Jawaharnagar dumping yard, directing the petitioner to file an interim application before the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili, passing the order, said that the petitioner better raise the issue before the NGT, which was already hearing a similar matter.
The petitioner, P. Lalitha Kumar, hailing from Kapra said in the plea that GHMC and two private companies were managing Jawaharnagar dumping yard. Due to leakage of leachate from this yard, Cherial and Edulabad tanks were getting polluted. The leachate was also entering irrigation canals joining Musi river and thereby, damaging the latter as well, the petitioner’s counsel said.
