NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal has recently expressed concern over the use of potable or drinking water on cricket fields and directed an expert committee to submit report on the steps taken to save water.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said, in view of the shortage of potable water, either Reverse Osmosis (RO) rejects or disinfected and treated sewage should be used.
The order came on a plea filed by an NGO, Friends, alleging that Delhi and District Cricket Association was using RO-treated water for the upkeep of Feroz Shah Kotla ground, and power distribution company TPDDL was wasting 7,500 litres per day through the RO water plants it installed at 31 educational institutions.
In the order, NGT directed the committee, including the representatives of the environment ministry, Central Pollution Control Board, Bureau of Indian Standard, IIT Delhi and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute to submit the report.
“We have noticed that guidelines have been issued by the Sport Authority of India (SAI) on the subject ‘Field play and specifications on Sports Infrastructure’, but they do not take cognisance of the source of water supply. It is possible that potable drinking water is used for the said purpose, which is not conducive for the environment,” the tribunal said, adding that the committee should examine and furnish a report on the course of action to be adopted to save potable water.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said, in view of the shortage of potable water, either Reverse Osmosis (RO) rejects or disinfected and treated sewage should be used.
The order came on a plea filed by an NGO, Friends, alleging that Delhi and District Cricket Association was using RO-treated water for the upkeep of Feroz Shah Kotla ground, and power distribution company TPDDL was wasting 7,500 litres per day through the RO water plants it installed at 31 educational institutions.
In the order, NGT directed the committee, including the representatives of the environment ministry, Central Pollution Control Board, Bureau of Indian Standard, IIT Delhi and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute to submit the report.
“We have noticed that guidelines have been issued by the Sport Authority of India (SAI) on the subject ‘Field play and specifications on Sports Infrastructure’, but they do not take cognisance of the source of water supply. It is possible that potable drinking water is used for the said purpose, which is not conducive for the environment,” the tribunal said, adding that the committee should examine and furnish a report on the course of action to be adopted to save potable water.
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