The Allahabad High Court has directed the District Magistrate and the top officials of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in Ghaziabad to remain personally present before it to explain as to how industrial effluent can be allowed to contaminate groundwater and why no criminal and departmental proceedings be initiated against those responsible for the condition. It has fixed August 12 as the next date of hearing in the matter. A division bench of Justices Arun Tandon and Ashwani Kumar Mishra passed the order on July 17, while hearing a PIL filed by Society for Voice of Human Rights and Justice, through its president Raj Kumar Kaushik. The petitioner has been arguing his case in person...............Read more

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