A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also held the UP government liable and slapped a penalty of ~10 crore. The environment compensation of Rs 280.01 crore was assessed by the State Pollution Control Board. There is no explanation for the earlier inaction by the State of UP and the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB),” the bench said. It also held the UPPCB liable and directed it to pay Rs 1 crore for ignoring illegal discharge of sewage and other effluent containing toxic chromium directly into Ganga. “UP Jal Nigam is held liable to pay a sum of Rs 1 crore for releasing untreated large quantity sewage containing toxic chromium in Ganga.

Source: Hindustan Times November 18, 2019 16:06 UTC