The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Central and all State governments to file a report indicating whether directions contained in 2021 order to control river pollution have been complied with.
A bench of judicial member Justice B Amit Sthalekar and expert member Dr Arun Kumar Verma, seeing photographs attached with the plea, was satisfied that a substantial question relating to the environment had been raised
The order was passed on a letter petition flagging the discharge of untreated domestic and industrial wastewater into the Ganga in Varanasi, with emphasis on certain locations
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently took suo motu cognisance of the reckless and unscientific cutting of hills and trees near Saurabh Van Vihar on the outskirts of Palampur in Himachal Pradesh.