Khushi Parisara recognizes that the fast mounting notorious coastal environmental disaster, with its explicit points of erosion, mostly caused by the intense and widespread environmental illiteracy of governors, along a blatant inaction to enforce environmental laws (as recurrently noticed by NGT) needs an urgent stern enforcement of all framed environmental rules.

Actually, the environmental concern is patently absent from governance, in huge opposition to the financial concern. And thus, the blatant violation of environmental rules by legally responsible Public Servants in duty to implement them, brings inconceivable and unacceptable consequences – ecological, social and anthropological.

One of the glitches is the claim by people in authority to need budget to solve the problems [of bad governance], pretending to ignore that, when given more funds the same track [of bad governance] will be kept, increased even.
Citizens are warned that a new rule came, that a new law was added to the legal framework, that a new policy will guide its enforcement – ministers proclaim, press release announces – and so on, and so on, and so on… –, however no difference is brought to ground – where it should be.

Being increasingly aware of the systematic dilution of India’s environmental laws by the prevalent priority of setting commercial interest over environmental protection, Khushi Parisara understands that the ecological issues brought until now to the governing bodies are mostly irrelevant and tertiary, as the undergoing destruction of ecological legacy is serving corporates profit by exploiting natural resources – (de)regulating the Environment.

Exemplar dilution of environmental rules can be the thoroughly dismissed rule of law mandating the management of wastes by all stakeholders thru the sharp duties of liable authorities – as also the removal of clearance requirements for certain industrial projects in ecologically delicate milieus.

And so, India’s environmental laws remain impotent unless their implementation is strengthened, only being effective through a stouter understanding of the barriers and gaps to their enforcement.

Notwithstanding, Khushi Parisara ventures to insist on the vast and precise issues that are uprising the vulnerability of the utmost sensitive coastal milieus. Then, trying to get the coordination of the responsible governing bodies to reverse the situation, Khushi Parisara submitted several addresses to the authorities

 

SAMPLE OF DETAILED PLEADINGS

A – IMMEDIATE ROBUST ENFORCEMENT of rules, regulations and orders, namely:

             1. GENERAL

a) Undertake wastes management in compliance with all Waste Rules, Panchayat Raj Act, Municipalities Act, Karnataka Police Act

b) take zero plastics stance in compliance with PWM rules

c) CRZ rules – removal of all illicit buildings

d) STOP chronic discharge faecal sludge to water bodies, dunes, drains, etc.

2. LOCAL BODIES PRODDINGS/ENJOINMENTS

a)  Fix bylaw for penalties for giving plastics to public, littering, burning, dumping & mixing  waste

b)  Provide suitable training for sanitary workers

c)  Ensure no burning of trash anywhere

d) Notify strict waste management to all traders, schools, temples, etc.

e) Notify temples to ban plastic bags inside premises

f) Notify coastal karma mantapas to properly dispose waste stopping their customers chronic dumping

g) Notify tourism operators to collect waste dumped by their customers at shore

h) Notify fishers to dispose their discarded materials to LB