The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has sent a show-cause notice to the company running the Okhla waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in southeast Delhi, asking it to explain “why its Environmental Clearance (EC) granted in 2007 should not be kept in abeyance”.
The letter, a copy of which is with HT, is dated April 16 and signed by S Kerketta, director with the MoEF. The ministry has asked M/s Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company Pvt Ltd to respond to the notice within 15 days. An environmental clearance is mandatory for a WTE plant to operate.
