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Six representatives of Moidangpok village in Imphal West filed a PIL before the Manipur High Court seeking appropriate direction for closure of the stone crushing units running without obtaining necessary factory license.
IFP Editorial: With the growing number of stone crushing units in Manipur, farmers in the affected areas could not carry out their agricultural activities like before.
The Manipur High Court directed the chief inspector of factories and boilers cum director, Trade, Commerce and Industries to file an affidavit by the next date of hearing, on December 15.
IFP Editorial: With the growing number of stone crushing units in the general area, farmers in the affected areas could not carry out their agricultural activities like before.
The owners are running illegal Stone Crushing Units in and around the Moidangpok village without any valid license for several years, causing pollution which have become intolerable to the villagers, the petitioners stated.
IFP IMPACT: The department took swift action in serving the show cause notice to the seven stone crushing units after less than a week of a news report on the issue published by the Imphal Free Press.
Several illegal stone crushing units are being set up along the stretch of road between Moidangpok to New Keithelmanbi areas in violation of Location of Factories Rule, 2013.
Secretary of the said JAC S Tombi Devi said that due to air pollution, the locals have started facing health hazards while the crop production is being reduced.
