Watch What Else is Making News“It is a settled rule of environmental jurisprudence that polluter pays principle and covers all consequential effects of air pollution. The builder will not be able to deny wages, partially or fully, when work is stopped for causing air pollution,” ordered the tribunal. It also directed the Delhi government to place its November 10 order on air pollution before competent authorities, along with data on ambient quality as given by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). “We are informed that the meeting to be convened by the secretary, ministry of environment and forests is fixed today. Let the minutes of meeting be placed before the NGT,” said the bench.

Source: Indian Express November 17, 2016 19:35 UTC