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Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on Thursday ordered five beverage factory owners to stop operations, immediately over non-compliance of environmental regulations. Director Regional Office SEPA (Karachi) called the factory owners for personal hearing at the agency's headquarters and asked them to stop working till the compliance of environmental law.

A SEPA official said the factory owners were discharging waste water as none of them has waste water treatment plant and having no environmental NOC.

Under section 21(2) of SEP Act, Environment Protection Order (EPO) will be issued for them.

The official while referring to the Supreme Court (SC) Case No 26/2018 stated that all bottle companies, beverage factories should ensure environmental compliance within a time period of three months.

Therefore, he said the agency is writing letters to those concerned by asking them to submit their environmental management plan to it.

Sepa will also make sure of tree plantation via their corporate social responsibility account.

On February 18, a SEPA team inspected Pakistan International Bulk Terminal (PIBT) and Coal Jetty 3 and 4, the SEPA officials said. The Director General (DG) had also called for personal hearing 22 importers of coal along with Port Qasim Authority and Pakistan Railways to get their view point on dumping of coal in Karachi particularly at the area of Malir.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019


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