It also said the Uttar Pradesh government should be ”duty-bound” to shift tanneries within six weeks, from Jajmau in Kanpur to leather parks in Unnao or any other place it considers appropriate. The NGT also directed the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to formulate guidelines for religious activities on the ghats of Ganga or its tributaries. The NGT said the concept of zero liquid discharge and online monitoring of effluents should not be applied to industrial units. It said that all industrial units falling in the catchment area of the Ganga should be told not to draw groundwater indiscriminately. Mehta, which was transferred to the NGT from the Supreme Court in 2014.

Source: The Telegraph July 13, 2017 09:33 UTC