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by Saifullah Bashir
Srinagar: After Kashmir based environmental stakeholders along with government bodies have been left out of the newly constituted Pollution Control Committee, the environmentalists are expressing concern while mulling to take the matter to the court.
A gazette notification issued on 25th March 2021, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) constituted a committee that has 14 members including a Chairperson and a Member Secretary. However, there is no Governmental or Non-Governmental member from Kashmir these 14.
The J&K Pollution Control Committee (JKPCC) members include Administrative Secretaries of Industries, Housing and Urban Development; Health & Medical Education; Transport Departments and Additional Secretary Forest and Environment is also a member of the committee.