{"id":61344,"date":"2020-02-12T17:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T12:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61344"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T12:32:48","slug":"sepa-compliance-environmental-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sepa-compliance-environmental-rules.html","title":{"rendered":"SEPA seeks compliance on environmental rules from civic bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on Monday revealed its dispatch of a second reminder to four civic agencies on reports of waste-dumping in the sea (along the Clifton beach), according to a news source. As per the publication, SEPA had earlier issued a notice to the aforementioned government authorities in December 2019, which was followed by the first reminder in January 2020 \u2014 but they failed to respond to the regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sepa-conduct-environmental-analysis-khiprianwala-island.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SEPA to conduct environmental analysis of Khiprianwala Island (opens in a new tab)\">SEPA to conduct environmental analysis of Khiprianwala Island<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government departments in question that were issued a reminder included the Cantonment Board Clifton, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board, District Municipal Committee of District South, and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. They were all urged to do away with the practice of dumping solid waste into the sea, due to the great harm it posed to marine life and the surrounding habitat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sepa-seals-five-factories-causing-pollution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">SEPA seals five factories for causing pollution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\ncase of failure to comply with SEPA\u2019s order, legal action will be undertaken against\nthe accused authorities under the Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014 (SEP\nAct 2014). It should be underscored that under the SEP Act 2014, the director\ngeneral of SEPA is authorised to take legal action against all agencies\nresponsible for the safe disposal of solid and hazardous waste if they fail to adhere\nto the agency\u2019s regulations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on Monday revealed its dispatch of a second reminder to four civic agencies on reports of waste-dumping in the sea (along the Clifton beach), according to a news source. As per the publication, SEPA had earlier issued a notice to the aforementioned government authorities in December 2019, which was followed by the first reminder in January 2020 \u2014 but they failed to respond to the regulator. Read: SEPA to conduct environmental analysis of Khiprianwala Island The government departments in question that were issued a reminder included the Cantonment Board Clifton, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board, District Municipal Committee of District South, and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board. They were all urged to do away with the practice of dumping solid waste into the sea, due to the great harm it posed to marine life and the surrounding habitat. Read: SEPA seals five factories for causing pollution In case of failure to comply with SEPA\u2019s order, legal action will be undertaken against the accused authorities under the Sindh Environmental Protection Act 2014 (SEP Act 2014). It should be underscored that under the SEP Act 2014, the director general of SEPA is authorised to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":50991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15017],"tags":[343,5393,769,7358],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-clifton","10":"tag-karachi-environment","11":"tag-pollution","12":"tag-sepa","13":"cat-15181-id","14":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SEPA seeks compliance on environmental rules - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SEPA issues notices to four civic bodies for infringing environmental rules\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sepa-compliance-environmental-rules.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SEPA seeks compliance on environmental rules - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SEPA issues notices to four civic bodies for infringing environmental rules\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sepa-compliance-environmental-rules.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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