A writ petition has been filed in the Andhr* Pradesh High Court challenging the establishment of the garbage storage, treatment and disposal plant at Dindigal in Hyderabad. The plant is spread over 200 acres. The petition was filed by Purshottam Reddy of the 0smania Univcrsity@ Hyderabad. He argued that the state Pollution Control Board had not taken adequate precaution to avert thethreat to the environment of the city. He said that the project was conceived, designed and executed in a haphazard manner. The bench comprising Justice B S Reddy and justice V V Rao has admitted the petition.
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