On Friday, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) warned the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that the tribunal will stop his salary if he fails to ensure that all airlines stopped emptying their toilet waste midair by August 31.
On Friday, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) warned the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that the tribunal will stop his salary if he fails to ensure that all airlines stopped emptying their toilet waste midair by August 31.
However, not long ago DGCA informed the NGT that it was impossible to dump human waste midair from aircraft toilet.
The DGCA informed the impracticality of the situation while seeking a stay and review of NGT's order directing the aviation regulator to issue a circular prohibiting the dumping of toilet waste midair.
The petitioner Lt Gen (Retd) Satwant Singh Dahiya had alleged that faeces were splattered from aircraft on his South Delhi residence sometime before Diwali in 2016. Following the petition, the tribunal on December 20, 2016 directed the DGCA to issue circular asking airliners to pay Rs 50,000 as environmental compensation if their planes were found dumping waste midair.
DGCA while referring to the findings of the expert committee constituted said that there is no switch or system available in the aircraft to dispose of waste in flight.
"The modern-day airline toilets are sealed and cannot be emptied in flight and toilet waste can only be disposed of by manual operation on the ground during its servicing," read the plea as per a PTI report.
NGT'S DISPLEASURE
The NGT is displeased with the DGCA for its failure in complying with its order that had asked DGCA to send circulars to all airlines operating from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The circular was supposed to warn the airlines against emptying their toilet tanks in midair.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has taken strong objection to this. The bench told DGCA that despite the tribunal's specific order, DGCA failed to come up with any valid explanation for the delay nor has it complied with the order.
"Neither there is any valid explanation nor there is compliance by the DGCA. It is not disputed that the order is operative and has not been stayed in any proceedings," news agency PTI said in a report.
However, not long ago DGCA informed the NGT that it was impossible to dump human waste midair from aircraft toilet.
The DGCA informed the impracticality of the situation while seeking a stay and review of NGT's order directing the aviation regulator to issue a circular prohibiting the dumping of toilet waste midair.
The petitioner Lt Gen (Retd) Satwant Singh Dahiya had alleged that faeces were splattered from aircraft on his South Delhi residence sometime before Diwali in 2016. Following the petition, the tribunal on December 20, 2016 directed the DGCA to issue circular asking airliners to pay Rs 50,000 as environmental compensation if their planes were found dumping waste midair.
DGCA while referring to the findings of the expert committee constituted said that there is no switch or system available in the aircraft to dispose of waste in flight.
"The modern-day airline toilets are sealed and cannot be emptied in flight and toilet waste can only be disposed of by manual operation on the ground during its servicing," read the plea as per a PTI report.
NGT'S DISPLEASURE
The NGT is displeased with the DGCA for its failure in complying with its order that had asked DGCA to send circulars to all airlines operating from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The circular was supposed to warn the airlines against emptying their toilet tanks in midair.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel has taken strong objection to this. The bench told DGCA that despite the tribunal's specific order, DGCA failed to come up with any valid explanation for the delay nor has it complied with the order.
"Neither there is any valid explanation nor there is compliance by the DGCA. It is not disputed that the order is operative and has not been stayed in any proceedings," news agency PTI said in a report.