In response to the query by Uttarakhand High Court division bench that whether the said units can at all be run in a residential area, counsel for for the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board , Roorkee stated that the units cannot be run in a residential area.
The petitioner in Uttarakhand High Court claimed that Private Respondents run their recycling plants in a residential area without obtaining requisite permission/consent of the State Pollution Control Board and other authorities leading to toxic pollution and grave hazard to the lives of the residents.