Hyderabad: Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) does not wield its power to control pollution in Hyderabad and usually tries to satisfy its critiques through empty rhetoric.
This was proven recently when the residents of some areas affected due to pollution from pharmaceutical industries like Nizampet, Bachupally, Kompally, Kukatpally and Miyapur, ensured in written a set of commitments from TSPCB officials who had visited some of the pollution affected areas after receiving complaints.
The residents also threatened to go on a hunger strike if their problem was not solved. This was followed by a meeting held at the TSPCB office a week ago in which all senior TSPCB officials participated along with some residents and representatives of the industry.
In the meeting the TSPCB promised to send closure notices to three pharma companies and send "notices" and "strict warnings" to other companies, which is what the TSPCB has been saying since many years, to no avail. However, there has been no concrete action taken by TSPCB since the meeting.
One of the residents from Bachupally said, “Every time we complain, the TSPCB officials say that action will be taken and for a few days we do not face any problem. However, after that things go back to where they were and we are left helpless?”
