The PHC chief justice observed that there were several areas in the province where industries were set up but the effluents were dumped in water resources. APP/File
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench has summoned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Agency director general and Khyber tribal district deputy commissioner and asked them to submit a detailed report about unsafe disposal of effluents of marble manufacturing units and non-compliance of relevant rules in this regard in the district.
The bench of PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar ordered that both the officials should appear in person on March 4, the next date of hearing of a petition filed by a resident of Khyber district, Ibrarud Din against unsafe disposal of effluents generated from marble units in Malaguri area of the tribal district.