The National Green Tribunal has ordered the district magistrate of Mahasamund in Chhattisgarh to pay compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of five labourers who died of asphyxia in an illegal brick kiln.The tribunal had taken suo motu .
The tribunal had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter based on a media report of the incident that occurred on the night of March 14-15 in the Basna tehsil of the Chhattisgarh district that claimed lives of five people and injury to another at a brick kiln.The
Pravin Togadia, president of Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad, was talking to reporters in Chhattisgarh s capital Raipur ahead of addressing a public meeting in Basna area of state s Mahasamund district.
He also expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce a law for population control and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) ahead of next year's parliamentary elections