civic officials seemed to acknowledge the problem they offered very little in resolution several illegal dairy farms are operating in brij vihar residential area these plots come under gmc and are marked for housing societies we have issued notices to the dairies an official said chiranjiv vihar nandgram pasonda noor nagar sadiq nagar maharajpur makanpur and bhowapur are a few other residential areas where illegal dairy complexes have cropped upwhat cpcb guidelines sayin 2019 ved prakash agarwal of chiranjiv nagar filed a petition in the national green tribunal ngt against illegal dairies in ghaziabad the ngt acknowledged that illegal dairies were not just confined to ghaziabad but were a countrywide problem and referred to the 2020 cpcb guidelines on the functioning of dairiesaccording to the cpcbs recommendations dairy farms and gaushalas should be located at least 200m away from residential dwellings and 500m from hospitals and schools they should not be allowed in floodprone areas and colonies where the groundwater is at a depth of 10 to 12 feet dairies cant also be allowed in alluvium areas to avoid contamination of water bodiesthe ngt reports mentioned that while dairies are necessary for the supply of milk the activities of such dairies need regulation in terms of location and functioning in the absence of scientific location and functioning issues of hygiene sanitation and clean environment remain unaddressed it said despite the ngt order things have not been changed on the grounda councillor for 35 years rajendra tyagi said the problem of illegal dairies in the city was more than two decades old in 1998 the allahabad high court had directed all municipalities in the state to shift dairies outside the city area the corporation here earmarked a 5 lakh sqm area outside the city for a cattle colony but the gda developed it into a residential area which is now known as nandgramaccording to gda officials the land for a cattle colony is still on their agenda but they were yet to identify 25 acres of land on the outskirtsashish tripathi veterinary and welfare officer in the civic body said we are imposing fines and sealing of illegal farms we have also written to gda to set up a cattle colony so that the issue can be solved permanently