Mangaluru, Apr 4: A buffer zone likely to be created between Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd and Jokatte village in order to find a solution to the air pollution in the region.
Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim has directed the Forest and the Survey departments to jointly survey the land between MRPL's coke and sulphur units and the Jokatte area for creation of a buffer zone.
At a meeting Mr. Ibrahim sought the cooperation of the residents and MRPL for the creation of the buffer zone where saplings would have to be planted.
This buffer zone alone would solve the problem faced by Jokatte residents because of the black ash and sound from MRPL, he said.
Mr. Ibrahim asked the representatives of the two departments to carry out the survey work by involving representatives of people from Jokatte.
He said that if need be, land could be acquired by paying compensation.
MRPL's managing director H. Kumar said that structural and technological changes had been brought in to address the problem of pollution from the coke and sulphur units. Changes could be seen in the next two years.
He said planting of saplings were being done in 83 acres of MRPL area, he said.
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports K. Abhayachandra Jain and Mangaluru North MLA Mohiuddin Bava also attended the meeting.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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So it means only half land of Jokatte will go for Buffer zone.. Rest of the half again face same problem... again and again..
Solutions;
Buffer zone to make
Greenary area inrest of the area.. ( As per the Industrial Contract ACT/Regulation)
so total pollution can eradicate..
buffer zone means they will build corridor between this two plant?
DC Ibrahim doing good for the society, all the best.
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