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ప్లాస్టిక్​ వినియోగంపై కేంద్రం, ఈసీలకు సుప్రీం నోటీసులు

కేంద్రం, భారత ఎన్నికల సంఘానికి అత్యున్నత న్యాయస్థానం నోటీసులు జారీ చేసింది. ఎన్నికల్లో ప్లాస్టిక్​ వినియోగంపై  దాఖలైన పిటిషన్లపై స్పందించాలని ఆదేశించింది.

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కేంద్రం, ఈసీఐకు సుప్రీం నోటీసులు
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Published : Jan 9, 2020, 2:29 PM IST

Updated : Jan 9, 2020, 7:46 PM IST

ప్లాస్టిక్​ వినియోగంపై కేంద్రం, ఈసీలకు సుప్రీం నోటీసులు

ఎన్నికల్లో ప్లాస్టిక్​, బ్యానర్లు, హోర్డింగ్ల వినియోగంపై స్పందించాలని కేంద్రం, భారత ఎన్నికల సంఘానికి సుప్రీంకోర్టు నోటీసులు జారి చేసింది. ఈ అంశంపై గ్రీన్​ ట్రైబ్యునల్​ చేసిన సూచనలకు వ్యతిరేకంగా డబ్ల్యూ ఎడ్విన్​ విల్సన్​ దాఖలు చేసిన వ్యాజ్యంపై విచారణ చేపట్టిన సుప్రీం.. ఈ మేరకు ఆదేశాలు జారీ చేసింది.

జస్టిస్​ ఎల్​ నాగేశ్వరరావు నేతృత్వంలోని ధర్మాసనం.... కేంద్ర పర్యావరణ అటవీ మంత్రిత్వ శాఖ నాలుగు వారాల్లోగా ప్లాస్టిక్​ సంబంధిత వస్తువుల వినియోగంపై వివరణ ఇవ్వాలని వెల్లడించింది.

తొలుత నేషనల్​ గ్రీన్​ ట్రైబ్యునల్​...​ భారత ఎన్నికల సంఘంతో పాటు అన్ని కేంద్ర పాలిత ప్రాంతాలు, రాష్ట్రాలలోని ఎన్నికల ఉన్నతాధికారులకు ప్లాస్టిక్​ వినియోగాన్ని తగ్గించాలని ఉత్తర్వులు జారీ చేసింది. అయితే ఈ ఉత్తర్వులు సమర్థవంతంగా​ లేవని సుప్రీంలో పిటిషన్​ వేశారు డబ్ల్యూ ఎడ్విన్​ విల్సన్​. ప్రచార సామగ్రికి వినియోగించే ప్లాస్టిక్​ పర్యావరణానికి హానికరమని వ్యాజ్యంలో పేర్కొన్నారు.

పిటిషన్​లో ఎన్నికల్లో ఉపయోగించే నిషేధిత పీవీసీ బ్యానర్లపై ఎన్జీటీ సరైన ఆదేశాలు ఇవ్వలేదని వ్యాజ్యంలో తెలిపారు.

ఇదీ చూడండి : సీఏఏ రాజ్యాంగబద్ధతపై ప్రకటన చేయలేం: సుప్రీం

ప్లాస్టిక్​ వినియోగంపై కేంద్రం, ఈసీలకు సుప్రీం నోటీసులు

ఎన్నికల్లో ప్లాస్టిక్​, బ్యానర్లు, హోర్డింగ్ల వినియోగంపై స్పందించాలని కేంద్రం, భారత ఎన్నికల సంఘానికి సుప్రీంకోర్టు నోటీసులు జారి చేసింది. ఈ అంశంపై గ్రీన్​ ట్రైబ్యునల్​ చేసిన సూచనలకు వ్యతిరేకంగా డబ్ల్యూ ఎడ్విన్​ విల్సన్​ దాఖలు చేసిన వ్యాజ్యంపై విచారణ చేపట్టిన సుప్రీం.. ఈ మేరకు ఆదేశాలు జారీ చేసింది.

జస్టిస్​ ఎల్​ నాగేశ్వరరావు నేతృత్వంలోని ధర్మాసనం.... కేంద్ర పర్యావరణ అటవీ మంత్రిత్వ శాఖ నాలుగు వారాల్లోగా ప్లాస్టిక్​ సంబంధిత వస్తువుల వినియోగంపై వివరణ ఇవ్వాలని వెల్లడించింది.

తొలుత నేషనల్​ గ్రీన్​ ట్రైబ్యునల్​...​ భారత ఎన్నికల సంఘంతో పాటు అన్ని కేంద్ర పాలిత ప్రాంతాలు, రాష్ట్రాలలోని ఎన్నికల ఉన్నతాధికారులకు ప్లాస్టిక్​ వినియోగాన్ని తగ్గించాలని ఉత్తర్వులు జారీ చేసింది. అయితే ఈ ఉత్తర్వులు సమర్థవంతంగా​ లేవని సుప్రీంలో పిటిషన్​ వేశారు డబ్ల్యూ ఎడ్విన్​ విల్సన్​. ప్రచార సామగ్రికి వినియోగించే ప్లాస్టిక్​ పర్యావరణానికి హానికరమని వ్యాజ్యంలో పేర్కొన్నారు.

పిటిషన్​లో ఎన్నికల్లో ఉపయోగించే నిషేధిత పీవీసీ బ్యానర్లపై ఎన్జీటీ సరైన ఆదేశాలు ఇవ్వలేదని వ్యాజ్యంలో తెలిపారు.

ఇదీ చూడండి : సీఏఏ రాజ్యాంగబద్ధతపై ప్రకటన చేయలేం: సుప్రీం

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Tomerong, New South Wales - 8 January 2020
1. Various of firefighters pouring a mixture of diesel and unleaded gasoline in a "backburning" operation, or a controlled burn, used to starve wildfires of fuel
2. Various of trees burning
3. Firefighter standing with fire in background
4. Fire captain Casey Addison talking with a crew of volunteer firefighters
5. Various of crew
6. Set-up of Captain Doug Schutz, fire chief of the 1,000-person village of Tomerong
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doug Schutz, Tomerong fire captain:
"Normally they (fires) come in on the northwest run, but this one just seems to have a mind of its own. It seems to have a brain, and it's a very sarcastic brain. It comes through from one direction and tomorrow it will come through the back door and grab you from behind. And just when you think you've got that under control, it'll turn around from the other direction and come in again."
8. Close of Schutz UPSOUND (English) "I know a friend who died just down the road from here, not in this fire"
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Schutz, Tomerong fire captain:
"1966. Day or two before yesterday. The experiences in that time, I'd like to forget a lot of them. And that's because there's been some very unpleasant ones. But we're still here doing the same thing, for the same reasons: to protect the community. And that's all there is to it."
10. Various of burning trees in controlled burn
11. Various of firefighters filling device with a mix of diesel and unleaded gasoline
12. Firefighter lighting shrubs with the device
13. Burning undergrowth
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Schutz, Tomerong fire captain:
"The strategy of doing this backburn today is to save this going any further east. We've got still probably another 10-12 kilometre run until the ocean. That's the other firebreak. And the amount of structures under threat and people under threat is sort of enormous compared to what we've already had and we'd have the same sort of result of what we've already had in Conjola, which is just horrendous. So the efforts here today is to try and stop things like that from happening."
15. Wide of firefighter watching blaze
16. Various of firefighters spraying water on fire
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Schutz, Tomerong fire captain:
"They're all local brigades here today. Basin View, St George's Basin, Tomerong, Wandandian, and no, none of them get paid. We're volunteers. Probably how we like it. It's our bit we do for the community. Some people go to the Red Cross or Lions or whatever. We come out and put wet stuff on the red stuff and play with the red stuff."
18. Wide of firefighters standing before a blaze
19. Various of burning trees
20. Tilt up wide of flames billowing smoke into the forest canopy
21. Mid of smoke obscuring treetops
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Schutz, Tomerong fire captain:
"Some other people in some other countries probably think, you know, that we're a bunch of idiots for living here. But it's what we are, what we deal with, and the Australian bush, although it's a lovely place to be, is very dangerous in its own right. Obviously, for this one reason of fire, which can bite you at any time."
23. Mid of firefighter looking at burning trees
STORYLINE
These volunteers deliberately set alight undergrowth in the forest near Tomerong, using a mixture of diesel and gasoline.
It was part of a controlled burn aimed at starving the wildfires of fuel should they approach again.
  
Fire captain Doug Schutz watched on.
He began volunteering with the Rural Fire Service in Australia's New South Wales state some 53 years ago, at the age of 13, back when Land Rovers were used as firetrucks.
Now captain of the Tomerong brigade, Schutz has also been the victim of a wildfire that burned down his business on Christmas Day in 2001.
Schutz is part of an army of 72,000 people from across the state who make up the world's largest volunteer fire service.
They've been at the forefront of fighting wildfires that have devastated parts of Australia since November.
At least 27 people have been killed by the fires, including three volunteer firefighters.
"This fire has its own agenda. In some ways, I nearly think it's got a brain. When you think you've got a handle on it, it will sneak around the back door and bite you on the bum," Schutz said.
The wildfires have destroyed over 2,000 homes and continue to burn, threatening to flare up again as temperatures rise.
To rural folks around the state, people like Schutz are heroes.
House after house in affected areas have hung makeshift banners offering thanks to the people they call "firies."
It's a far cry from how many Australians view their leader, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has been widely ridiculed for his response to the disaster.
Like the other volunteers, Schutz has never been paid a cent for his work.
"They're all local brigades here today. Basin View, St George's Basin, Tomerong, Wandandian, and no, none of them get paid. We're volunteers. Probably how we like it. It's our bit we do for the community. Some people go to the Red Cross or Lions or whatever. We come out and put wet stuff on the red stuff and play with the red stuff," he said.
This season he's been fighting the wildfires every day since November 29, neglecting his own business in the process.
He smiles at the irony: In his day job, he produces and sells large quantities of firewood for residential homes on his 118-acre property.
People from other countries around the world who are used to relying on professional fire services find the Australian volunteer model hard to understand, but Schutz said it's how they like it.
  
Schutz said firefighting is in his blood.
His father was a founding member of the volunteer brigade in Tomerong, which has a population of about 1,000.
He said his dad used to fund-raise at local dances for equipment like new rakes.
  
Schutz said the 2001 fire was the most intense he has experienced.
Fireballs the size of basketballs, fueled by leaves and brush, came raining down on the volunteers as they tried to save homes.
Schutz said he and his partner, Colleen Brittain, who is also a volunteer, were too busy keeping other houses safe to consider whether their own home might be in danger.
Schutz and other volunteers saved his house and work shed, although he said the damage to the business set him back years.
He said the size of the current fires, which have burned an area twice the size of the US state of Maryland, is hard to comprehend, and he wonders how they can be stopped.
"Some other people in some other countries probably think that we're a bunch of idiots for living here," Schutz said.
"But it's what we are, what we deal with. And the Australian bush, although it's a lovely place to be, is very dangerous in its own right. Obviously, for this one reason of fire, which can bite you at any time."
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