<p>The state pollution regulator has slapped a fine of Rs 87.18 lakh on an apartment building for encroaching a stormwater drain (SWD) buffer zone.</p>.<p>The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has fined SV Elegant Apartment in Kumbena Agrahara village for constructing several structures, including a swimming pool, by encroaching upon the buffer zone of a nala and “blocking the stream”, stated a letter from the KSPCB Environmental Officer for Mahadevapura.</p>.<p>The KSPCB invoked the ‘polluter pays’ principle as per the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which took up a case based on a petition by activist Paramesh V.</p>.<p>The illegal structures were demolished last year.</p>.<p>The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines require polluters to pay compensation for any discharge in violation of consent conditions.</p>.<p>This includes instances of non-compliance with directions, intentional avoidance of data submission, and damage to the environment caused by both accidental and intentional discharges and injection of treated/partially treated or untreated waste water into the ground water.</p>.<p>The KSPCB said Venkateshwara Builders, who constructed the apartment, did not comply with the directions issued in the Consent for Establishment (CFE) dated August 29, 2018.</p>.<p>The CFE included a direction to include a buffer zone towards any lake and the stormwater drain.</p>.<p>The KSPCB has determined the total environmental compensation of Rs 87.18 lakh by taking into account the number of days the violation persisted.</p>.<p>“The applicant has non-complied to the same by constructing a swimming pool, water closet and bathrooms in the nala buffer,” the KSPCB said.</p>
<p>The state pollution regulator has slapped a fine of Rs 87.18 lakh on an apartment building for encroaching a stormwater drain (SWD) buffer zone.</p>.<p>The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has fined SV Elegant Apartment in Kumbena Agrahara village for constructing several structures, including a swimming pool, by encroaching upon the buffer zone of a nala and “blocking the stream”, stated a letter from the KSPCB Environmental Officer for Mahadevapura.</p>.<p>The KSPCB invoked the ‘polluter pays’ principle as per the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which took up a case based on a petition by activist Paramesh V.</p>.<p>The illegal structures were demolished last year.</p>.<p>The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines require polluters to pay compensation for any discharge in violation of consent conditions.</p>.<p>This includes instances of non-compliance with directions, intentional avoidance of data submission, and damage to the environment caused by both accidental and intentional discharges and injection of treated/partially treated or untreated waste water into the ground water.</p>.<p>The KSPCB said Venkateshwara Builders, who constructed the apartment, did not comply with the directions issued in the Consent for Establishment (CFE) dated August 29, 2018.</p>.<p>The CFE included a direction to include a buffer zone towards any lake and the stormwater drain.</p>.<p>The KSPCB has determined the total environmental compensation of Rs 87.18 lakh by taking into account the number of days the violation persisted.</p>.<p>“The applicant has non-complied to the same by constructing a swimming pool, water closet and bathrooms in the nala buffer,” the KSPCB said.</p>
