LAWDA goes tough on sewage treatment
Asks commercial establishments to comply with HC guidelines
Srinagar: Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) on Thursday said it has issued notices to all the commercial establishments to install technically suitable and environment friendly arrangements for treatment of sewage and sludge within three months for treating sludge within their premises.
The notices to all the commercial establishments were issued in compliance to the direction of High Court J&K.
The commercial establishments have been directed to install technically suitable and environment friendly arrangements for treatment of sewage and sludge within three months for treating sludge within their premises, LAWDA officials said.
They said besides, the HC has also directed JK LAWDA to issue notices to the Houseboat owners for removing their illegal constructions, encroachments.
The LAWDA has issued notices to the houseboat owners for removing of illegal constructions/encroachments, they said.
The officials said in case they fail to do so, the process will be initiated against the commercial establishment owners and house boat owners for cancellation of their registration licenses besides other legal remedies will also be explored.