{"id":4439,"date":"2023-09-25T11:58:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2023-09-25T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T11:58:27","slug":"ngt-orders-tmc-to-prevent-immersion-waste-in-thane-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=4439","title":{"rendered":"NGT Orders TMC to Prevent Immersion Waste in Thane Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an order directing the Thane<br \/>\nMunicipal Corporation (TMC) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board<br \/>\n(MPCB) to ensure strict compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules<br \/>\n(2016) in conjunction with the Central Pollution Control Board&#8217;s (CPCB) revised<br \/>\nguidelines from 2020 for idol immersion.<\/p>\n<p>Thane Creek has been designated as the \u2018Flamingo Sanctuary\u2019. The Forest<br \/>\nDepartment&#8217;s Revised Approved Management Plan for the sanctuary, created in<br \/>\n2020, documented the adverse impact of the continued immersion of plaster of<br \/>\nparis idols on aquatic life.<\/p>\n<p>The NGT&#8217;s order, referencing the CPCB guidelines, also stipulated that within 24<br \/>\nhours of completing idol immersion, urban or local authorities must segregate<br \/>\nbiodegradable materials from non-biodegradable ones.<\/p>\n<p>The NGT&#8217;s decision reflects the growing concern for preserving Thane Creek&#8217;s<br \/>\ndelicate ecosystem and underscores the importance of responsible waste<br \/>\nmanagement during religious and cultural practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an order directing the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to ensure strict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6091,150,4255,12370],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recycling","category-sustainability","category-waste-management","category-waste-recycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}