Saturday, 20 February 2016

Ganga pollution: NGT asks industries why they shouldn't be shut

Ganga pollution: NGT asks industries why they shouldn't be shut

PTI 
(The green panel also directed…)
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal today issued show cause notice to industries located on the stretch from Haridwar to Kanpur asking why they should not be shut down for polluting river Ganga.
The green panel also directed industries like tannery paper and pulp, textile, slaughter houses etc to clear their stand on attainment of zero liquid discharge, installation of online monitoring systems, current status of these units and asked what steps they have taken till now to control pollution resulting from their activities.