Karachi: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on Thursday sealed five factories in the city’s Korangi Industrial Area for not complying with the Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014, with cases against another two factories having been forwarded to the relevant court for action – a news source reported.
According to SEPA officials, the action was taken on the directives
of Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Law, Environment, Climate Change and
Coastal Development Barrister Murtuza Wahab.
Three of the factories were sealed for generating excessive
wastewater, one for generating air emissions, and another for using a smoky
generator.
Cases for two of the factories were forwarded to the judicial magistrate for open burning of solid waste under Section 14 of the Sindh Environment Protection Act 2014.
Barrister Wahab stated that indiscriminate action would continue
against polluting factories. He also urged the industries and developmental
institutions to comply with the Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014 so that
the wheel of progress and development may continue to move forward without
harming our natural environment.
