Govandi locals’ grievances must be redressed
Updated On: 23 December, 2022 05:58 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Citizens are also seeking a dialogue with the chief minister to gain clarity about their case
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Smoke rises from a chimney of the Govandi medical waste treatment plant. File pic
Days after a proposal seeking an environmental clearance to shift a bio-medical waste treatment plant from Govandi to Khalapur in Raigad district was delisted, locals came forward and filed an online petition. Citizens are also seeking a dialogue with the chief minister to gain clarity about their case.
The residents, in their online petition addressed to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the BMC and the ministry of environment and climate change, Maharashtra, had said they were being treated worse than animals and that the government looks at the citizens of Govandi as guinea pigs. Not only do they have an ever-expanding dumping ground at Deonar, but there are also multiple projects in the works. A waste-to-energy plant is in the pipeline which residents and environmentalists have been opposing vehemently. Three animal incinerators might come up, exacerbating the already high pollution levels.
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