Srinagar, July 3 -- The Environment Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Friday directed authorities to conduct a comprehensive health impact study on communities living around the Achan landfill site at Saidapora, and called for stringent action against wetland encroachment, during an inspection of the Achan remediation project.
The committee, headed by MLA Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, said that environmental violations would not be tolerated, asserting that "no one who destroys our environment will be spared, regardless of status."On the occasion of International Plastic Bag Free Day, the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment, under the chairmanship of Tarigami on Friday conducted an extensive o...