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.
Then, trying to get the coordination of the responsible governing bodies to reverse the situation, Khushi Parisara submitted several addresses to the authorities
- Petition to Honorable Lokayukta Mr. Patil
- Petition to the FEE Minister
- Leading Infrastructural Changes urged to Chief Secretary
- Appeal to the Honorable Chief Secretary
- Leading Infrastructural Actions urged to Development Commissioner
- Appeals to Development Commissioner
- Leading Foundational Actions urged to RDPR
- Complaint to AC on the calamitous situation of NH 66
- Proposal to DC for reversal of NH 66 calamitous situation
- Commissioner Panchayat Raj- Information request
- To DD Tourism_On Gokarna concerns
- To KSPCB_Complaint on Kalbhag GP unmanaged Wastes
- To KSPCB_Appeal on FLEX POLLUTION
- To KSPCB_On Gokarna environmental debacle
- To CEO_on Gokarna disaster
- To Chief Officer APPEAL on KUMTA Mismanagement of Wastes & Sanitation
- To Fisheries Department
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
