JKPCC Jammu North conducts Public Hearing at village Bhalwal

Jammu : A Public Hearing was organized by JKPCC on Tuesday here at village Bhalwal near Ring Road for “Environment Clearance of Integrated Solid Waste Management Project” in terms of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006 of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
A panel of officers was present for eliciting view-points and suggestions of the locals and other stakeholders for installation of Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant.
Chairman District Development Council Bharat Bhushan; MLA Jammu North Sham Lal Sharma and Commissioner JMC Devansh Yadav were also present at the Public Hearing.
The panel of Public Hearing comprised Additional Deputy Commissioner Jammu (Chairman) Rakesh Kumar; Divisional Officer PCC Samba North (Member) Anil Sharma, representing Regional Director JKPCC Jammu and Divisional Officer PCC Jammu North (Convenor) Deepak Abrol.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar presided over the public hearing on behalf of District Magistrate Jammu and conducted under his supervision as per the provisions of EIA.
Commissioner JMC Devansh Yadav apprised the general public that the purpose of conducting public hearing was to hear the views of the people of surrounding areas regarding the upcoming Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant.
Chairman District Development Council Bharat Bhushan; MLA Jammu North Sham Lal Sharma and prominent citizens of the area presented their viewpoints and suggestions before the panel.
FI, JKPCC Dimple Sharma concluded the proceedings. She informed that the proceedings shall be forwarded to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, where the same shall be appraised by Expert Committee framed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests GoI, and uploaded on the website of the JKPCC for information of all the stakeholders and participants in general.