Pay Rs 5,000 fine for dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains: NGT


 Open defecation and dumping of waste on the Yamuna floodplains will now attract a fine of Rs 5,000 for each incident, the National Green Tribunal ruled today.

"We issue prohibitory orders in furtherance to the judgement dated January 13, 2015, that no waste of any kind and open defecation will be permitted around the water bodies and the floodplains of river Yamuna.

"Authorities including the police shall take stringent action against defaulting persons and every defaulter would be liable to pay an environment compensation of Rs 5,000 per incident," a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.................Read more

 

Source: The Times of India


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