The National Green Tribunal on Thursday virtually barred construction of buildings 200 metres along the banks of the Ganga in Uttarakhand till further orders to protect pollutants from being discharged
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Wednesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Baord to inspect M/s Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. & Distellery and the Goplaljee Dairy on whether they were discharging effluents into the Ganga river. Read text of this NGT order in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Anr. Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 12/02/2014.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Anr. Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 10/02/2014 regarding UP Pollution Control Board granting permits annually to a sugar mill and a dairy plant near Ghaziabad, which have been polluting the river waters continuously.
