<p>Bengaluru: Probing into the plastic recycling scam in Ramanagar, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Thursday suspended two senior officials for dereliction of duty.</p>.<p>The KSPCB had issued notice to Senior Environmental Officer S K Vasudev and Environmental Officer C R Manjunath and suspended them citing dereliction of duty. The suspension letters signed by the KSPCB chairman said the board would begin a departmental enquiry against the two.</p>.<p>On November 8, <em>DH</em> reported on the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) audit, which found that Enviro Recyclean Pvt Limited, Harohalli, Ramanagar, had issued fake extended producer responsibility (EPR) certificates to industries.</p>.Year after issuing notice, KSPCB yet to act against factory involved in Namma Metro line construction .<p>The audit found that the company had issued EPR certificates for 3.48 lakh tonnes of plastic even though it had not commenced operations.</p>.<p>“It is not clear how the unit, which is a large-scale unit, was established within seven days,” the CPCB said, imposing a penalty of Rs 5000 per tonne.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Probing into the plastic recycling scam in Ramanagar, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Thursday suspended two senior officials for dereliction of duty.</p>.<p>The KSPCB had issued notice to Senior Environmental Officer S K Vasudev and Environmental Officer C R Manjunath and suspended them citing dereliction of duty. The suspension letters signed by the KSPCB chairman said the board would begin a departmental enquiry against the two.</p>.<p>On November 8, <em>DH</em> reported on the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) audit, which found that Enviro Recyclean Pvt Limited, Harohalli, Ramanagar, had issued fake extended producer responsibility (EPR) certificates to industries.</p>.Year after issuing notice, KSPCB yet to act against factory involved in Namma Metro line construction .<p>The audit found that the company had issued EPR certificates for 3.48 lakh tonnes of plastic even though it had not commenced operations.</p>.<p>“It is not clear how the unit, which is a large-scale unit, was established within seven days,” the CPCB said, imposing a penalty of Rs 5000 per tonne.</p>