Archive · 19 Nov 2025
APCB Orders Relocation of Waste Facilities Threatening Kaziranga National Park
A waste dumping site and a treatment plant near Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, are causing environmental harm.
The Assam Pollution Control Board has told the local government to move these facilities to a safer area.
This happened after an environmental activist asked the Supreme Court for help, as the local government didn't respond for a long time.
Assam Pollution Control Board (APCB) directed Bokakhat Municipal Board to relocate waste dumping site and Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP)
Facilities pose serious threat to Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve
APCB's action follows Supreme Court-constituted Central Empowered Committee's intervention
Environmental activist Rohit Choudhury raised the issue, seeking government action for over a year
Bokakhat Municipal Board has four weeks to submit action taken report
- Who
- Assam Pollution Control Board, Bokakhat Municipal Board, environmental activist Rohit Choudhury
- What
- Ordered relocation of waste facilities threatening Kaziranga National Park
- When
- November 12, 2025
- Where
- Bokakhat, Assam, India
- Why
- To protect Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve from environmental hazards
Environmental Activists
Bokakhat Municipal Board
Waste Facilities
Environmental Activists
Pose a serious threat to Kaziranga National Park
Bokakhat Municipal Board
- Park Threatened
- Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve
- Facilities to be Relocated
- Waste dumping site, Material Recovery Facility (MRF), Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP)
- Deadline for Action
- Four weeks