Debate No. 04 of 15.04.2008
(No. B/258) Mr M. Dowarkasing (Third Member
for Curepipe and Midlands) asked the Minister of Environment
and National Development Unit whether, in regard to air, noise
and other forms of pollution prevailing in Citι St Luc,
Forest Side, and emanating from the Consolidated Ltd., Ferney
Spinning Mills, he will state if copy of the reports of the
studies carried out by his Ministry will be tabled.
Mr Bachoo:
Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, the answer is in the
affirmative.
Key words: air, noise, pollution
Debate No. 23 of
08.07.2008
(No. B/827) Mrs A. Navarre-Marie (First
Member for GRNW and Port Louis West) asked the Minister of
Environment and National Development Unit whether he will
state if he has recently received representations from the
residents of La Tourelle, La Tour Koenig, regarding pollution
emanating from the Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile Ltιe.,
and if so, the remedial measures that have been taken, if any.
Reply: Representations
were made to my Ministry regarding dust pollution on 26 June.
After investigation, the company confirmed
the emission of black smoke due to a broken air filter in one
of its boilers. The
filter was changed within hours and the boiler re-started in
normal running condition.
The situation is being monitored and no
complaint has been received since then.
Keywords: air pollution, dust, black smoke,
boilers
Debate No. 26 of 29.07.2008
(No. B/1023) Mr Y. Varma (First Member for
Mahebourg and Plaine Magnien) asked the Minister of
Environment and National Development Unit whether, in regard
to pollution, he will state if a monitoring of the air across
the country is carried out and, if so, indicate
(a)
the places, and
(b)
the frequency and, if not, if he considers it advisable that
needful be done.
Reply: Monitoring of air quality has been
carried out in various regions such as Cassis, Valentina,
Forest Side, Rose-Belle, Saint Antoine,
GRNW,
Flacq, Port Louis North and Place Margeot.
Results obtained so far have shown that the ambient air
quality standards are being satisfied.
The mobile station is subject to frequent
break downs and my Ministry is, therefore, in the process of
procuring specialised units of equipment for the measurement
of important parameters separately.
A new equipment known as the Gent Sampler has
been provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
and is being used to measure fine particulate matter.
Keywords: air, pollution, monitoring, quality,
particulate matter
Debate No. 33 of 11.11.08
(No. B/1264) Mrs S. Grenade (Second Member
for GRNW and Port Louis West) asked the Minister of
Environment and National Development Unit whether, in regard
to the construction of a coal fired power plant at Pointe aux
Caves, he will state if the Environment Impact Assessment has
already been granted to CT Power and, if not, why not.
Reply: The
reply is no, as the application is still being processed.
Keywords: EIA, coal
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