It, however, clarified that if municipal or other local bodies have sufficient funds, then they will not levy any charges. The bench, in its order, said the secretaries of Urban Development Ministry or local bodies, as the case may be, would be accountable for ensuring compliance of its order. We, therefore, direct authorities to set up STPs within the same time-frame as expressed earlier," the bench said. It further said "the information shall be furnished to the Central Ground Water Authority which shall evaluate the data and furnish it to the NGT bench concerned." The bench directed the state pollution control boards to make provision for "online real-time continuous monitoring system" to display emission level in the public domain on their portals.

Source: dna February 22, 2017 14:37 UTC