‘સુરતમાં કેન્સરનું બીજું નામ ગેપીલ’
- Bhaskar News, Surat
- Jan 05, 2012, 00:16 AM IST
ગેપીલના સંચાલક ગિરીશ લુથરાના ભટાર રોડ સ્થિત લુથરા હાઉસ સામે કાંઠા વિસ્તારના ગામવાસીઓએ માસ્ક પહેરી રોષ ઠાલવ્યો, બેનર અને સૂત્રોચ્ચાર સાથે વિરોધને આક્રમક બનાવવા પ્રયાસ, પોલીસની કામગીરીને પણ આડેહાથ લેવાઈ
ગેપીલમાંથી ગેરકાયદે છોડાતા ઝેરા કેમિકલના કારણે કાંઠાના પર્યાવરણ સામે ખતરો ઊભો થયો છે એટલું જ નહીં પણ અહીં વસતા પશુ અને માનવજીવન પર ગંભીર અસરો પડી રહી હોવાથી ગામવાસીઓ છેલ્લાં કેટલાય સમયથી ગેપીલ સામે લડત ચલાવી રહ્યાં છે પરંતુ પોલીસ કે સરકારી તંત્ર કાંઠા વિસ્તારની પ્રજાને મચક આપતા નથી, છેવટે તેઓએ પોતાનો રોષ વ્યક્ત કરવા અહિંસક આંદોલનનો આસરો લીધો છે. બુધવારે કાંઠા વિસ્તારના લોકોએ માસ્ક પહેરીને ગેપીલના સંચાલક ગિરીશ લુથરાના ભટાર રોડ સ્થિત નિવાસસ્થાને પ્રતિક ઘરણાં કર્યા હતા. એટલું જ નહીં ગેપીલ તથા લુથરા વિરોધી સૂત્રોચ્ચાર દ્વારા ગેપીલની પ્રવૃતિ સામે પોતાનો રોષ વ્યક્ત કર્યો હતો. આવનારા દિવસોમાં માસ્ક પહેરીને જીવવું પડશે ગેસ માસ્ક પહેરીને કરેલા વિરોધ થકી ગેપીલ દ્વારા ભૂગર્ભમાં દાટવામાં આવેલા ઝેરીલા ઘન રસાયણોની પર્યાવરણ પર પડતી ગંભીર અસરોથી લોકોને વાકેફ કરાયા હતાં. આવતા ૫૦ વર્ષ સુધી ગેપીલની આસપાસના ૧૨ ગામો આ ઝેરીલી અસરના સંસર્ગમાં રહેશે. આ દહેશત સાચી ઠરી તો ગામવાસીઓને આવનારા વર્ષોમાં માસ્ક પેહરીને ગામમાં રહેવાની નોબત આવશે. આમ આ બાબત હવે ગણતરીના વર્ષોમાં સાચી બનવાની શક્યતાને ગામવાસીઓએ માસ્ક પહેરીને વ્યક્ત કરી હતી.
પોલીસે પરમિશન મુદ્દે ગામવાસીઓને ટટળાવ્યા
લુથરા હાઉસની ખુલ્લેઆમ તરફદારી કરી રહેલી પોલીસની વધુ એક કરતૂત પ્રકાશમાં આવી છે. તેમાં પોલીસ પાસે ચાર દિવસ પહેલા ગિરીશ લુથરાના નિવાસસ્થાન પર અહિંસક ધરણા કરવાની માંગણી કરી રહેલા ગામવાસીઓને બુધવારે સવારનાં નવ વાગ્યે પરમિશન આપી હતી.
આક્રમક સૂત્રોચ્ચાર થકી વિરોધ કરતાં ગામવાસીઓ
સુરતમાં કેન્સરનું બીજુ નામ ગિરીશ લુથરા ગેપીલ ઉસકા ઝહર, સરકાર ન દેખેતો કસૂર કિસકા? જીના મુશ્કિલ હુઆ હમારા સુરતવાસી દેખે નજારા ગેપીલને એસા ઝહર દિયા, બેઝુબા જાનવર મરે લુથરા-ગેપીલની અમે ખોલી છે પોલ,સજા થશે એનોને વાગી જશે ઢોલ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxcAAnRuqMM
૨૦૦૧ માં ગેપિલ કંપની ગભેણી ખાતે આવી હતી. ૨૦૦૪ પછી જોખમી રસાયણિક કચરો અહી લાવતા અને ખાડી માં ગેર કાયદેસર રીતે નાખવામાં આવતા પશુઓના મરણ થવા લાગ્યા હતા. ૨૦૦૫ માં લોકો એ આવેદનપત્રો આપેલ હતા.
બુડિયા ગામે ભેંસો ના સામૂહિક મરણ થતાં આકરી ફરિયાદ જીપીસીબી ને કરવામાં આવેલ હતી. જેમાં જીપીસીબી પર ભ્રષ્ટાચાર અને કંપનીને બચાવવાના ગંભીર આરોપો લગાવવામાં આવેલ હતા. જેના અનુસંધાને ૨૦-૧૧-૨૦૧૧ ના રોજ જીપીસીબી દ્વારા વિજિલન્સ તપાસ હાથ ધરાઇ હતી જેમાં ગામના લોકો એ સહકાર આપેલ હતો. આ તપાસ ને અંતે કંપની દોષિત થઈ હતી અને ગેરકાયદેસર પાઇપલાઇનો પકડવામાં આવેલ હતી. જીઆઇડીસીની પાઇપલાઇનમાં ગેર કાયદેસર જોડાણ કરી ઝેરી કેમિકલ્સ જેને ભઠ્ઠીમાં સળગાવીને નાશ કરવાના હોય છે તે મીંઢોળા અને ગભેણી ખાડીમાં નાખવામાં આવતા હતા. જીઆઇડીસી દ્વારા આ સંદર્ભે પોલીસ FIR કંપની સામે નોંધાઈ હતી.



GEPIL issued closure notice
Dec 2,
2011, 01.41PM IST TNN
SURAT: Gujarat
Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Thursday morning issued immediate closure
notice to Gujarat Environment Protection Infrastructure Limited (GEPIL) in
Sachin.
GEPIL has been asked to close its work of waste collection with immediate
effect under Section 5 of Environment Protection (EP) Act.
The GPCB has been carrying out digging for the past 11 days to search for the
source of pollution in Khadi.
GPCB chairman Kanu Mistry received a report at 7.30 pm on Wednesday in this
regard and he took the decision to issue closure notice to GEPIL later.
He told TOI "We have handed out the maximum punishment under the law.
Generally, 15 days time is given to a party, but looking at the gravity of the
offence, we have issued immediate closure notice to GEPIL."
Surat
GPCB files court plaint against GEPIL
TNN Feb 6, 2012, 10.41PM IST
·
SURAT:
Two months after issuing closure notice to Gujarat Environment Protection
Infrastructure Limited (GEPIL), Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on
Saturday lodged a complaint in the court against the company and nine directors
over pollution issue. The
10 directors have been asked by the court to present themselves before it on
February 23, sources said.
The
company was issued closure notice on December 01, 2011 under Section 5 of
Environment Protection (EP) Act after GPCB investigation found GEPIL to be
violating pollution norms by allegedly releasing harmful chemicals into Unn
Khadi.
The
GPCB had carried out digging for over 11 days to search for the source of
pollution in Unn Khadi and the connections which were detected were allegedly
linked to GEPIL storage tanks. GPCB had started the investigation after a
series of complaints about water pollution from people of nearby Jiav, Budia,
Ghabheni and Deepli villages.
GPCB
regional officer Anil Patel had lodged the complaint against GEPIL and its
directors namely Girish Luthra, Dhruv Luthra, Narendra Shah, KV Tulsiyan, Kamal
Jain, Dharmesh Patel, Dhaval Parikh, Priyesh Bhati and Sunil Shah.
"We
had taken the samples of hazardous waste under the EP Act 1986. The report of
our findings has also been placed before the court. Further punitive action will
be taken upon court's directive," Anil Patel said.
Anti-pollution rally organizers
arrested
SURAT: A day after the massive morcha against the
pollution in Unn creek, the police arrested three members of the Parivartan Trust, which had organized the
rally.
The trio -- Jayesh Patel, Prakash Patel and Jayanti Patel
-- were arrested for violating the terms on which permission was granted for
the rally.
The rally went on for a longer time than permitted and the
protestors marched up to the collectorate whereas the permission was only up to
Vanita Vishram ground.
"The transgression created a law and order problem,''
said inspector C K Patel of Khatodara policestation, justifying the
arrests. The trio was released on bail soon after their arrest.
Meanwhile, nearly 200 villagers rushed to the police
station on learning of the arrests. They, too, demanded to be arrested as a
mark of protest.
The rally was organised on the issue of pollution against
the Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Private Ltd (GEPIL)
by villagers of the affected villages in outskirts of the city.
Surat villagers pool in Rs 3.5 lakh to wage legal battle against GEPIL
Express News Service , Express News Service : Surat, Tue Dec 27 2011, 04:59 hrsThe villagers of Gabheni in Surat district have donated Rs 3.5 lakh to Parivartan Trust formed by them to fight
The trust has decided to move the Gujarat High Court in the coming days against the company owner and a few
government officials in connection with alleged illegal discharge of highly toxic hazardous waste into the Unn creek.
Early this month, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board had found three illegal connections of GEPIL joined to the
central effluent treatment plant of the GIDC to discharge hazardous waste. Subsequently, GIDC officials filed a
complaint against GEPIL owner Girish Luthra with the Sachin police station.
But the villagers say they are not happy with the action taken against the company.
The trust members organised a public meeting on Sunday. Villagers said they want closure of the company. We
lacked fund to fight against the company in the court, but the villagers came forward with donations, said trust
general secretary Prakash Contractor.
Trust member Jayesh Patel said, We are not satisfied with the action taken against the company by GIDC officials.
We will file a petition in the High Court against the GEPIL owner and a few government officials who are working hand
in glove with the company owner.......
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad zonal unit of Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached properties and cash worth Rs 2.82 crore of Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Ltd (GEPIL) for environmental violations under prevention of money laundering act (PMLA). This is the first time ED has attached properties in a case pertaining to environmental protection act (EPA).
In 2011, around 12-15 buffaloes had died under mysterious circumstances in Unn Creek near GIDC Sachin. In its investigation, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) found out that in spite being a waste treatment plant, GEPIL was discharging the affluent waste from various plants of GIDC Sachin without treating the waste.
Also GEPIL had set up five illegal pipelines to discharge the waste in the GIDC gutter. GPCB had booked the case against GEPIL under section 25 of water pollution act, section 7 of EPA and rule 4 and 7 of hazardous waste management rules.
Unn Creek case: ED attaches Rs 2.82 cr property of GEPIL in Surat
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad zonal unit of Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached properties and cash worth Rs 2.82 crore of Gujarat Enviro Protection and Infrastructure Ltd (GEPIL) for environmental violations under prevention of money laundering act (PMLA). This is the first time ED has attached properties in a case pertaining to environmental protection act (EPA).
In 2011, around 12-15 buffaloes had died under mysterious circumstances in Unn Creek near GIDC Sachin. In its investigation, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) found out that in spite being a waste treatment plant, GEPIL was discharging the affluent waste from various plants of GIDC Sachin without treating the waste.
Also GEPIL had set up five illegal pipelines to discharge the waste in the GIDC gutter. GPCB had booked the case against GEPIL under section 25 of water pollution act, section 7 of EPA and rule 4 and 7 of hazardous waste management rules.
On the basis of the case filed by GPCB, ED had registered case against GEPIL under PMLA. According to ED sources, several companies based out of GIDC Sachin used to give their waste to GEPIL for treatment and pay to GEPIL accordingly. But GEPIL used to discharge the waste as it is without any treatment. This way, GEPIL made around Rs 3 crore.
ED officials attached plant machinery worth Rs 2.7 crore and cash worth Rs 12 lakh in the account of the company in People's cooperative bank.
The director of the company at the time of incident was Girish Luthra. ED will soon file prosecution in the case against those involved.
ED officials attached plant machinery worth Rs 2.7 crore and cash worth Rs 12 lakh in the account of the company in People's cooperative bank.
The director of the company at the time of incident was Girish Luthra. ED will soon file prosecution in the case against those involved.






























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