Could 22, 2025 10:06 AM IST
The apex court docket is present listening to civil appeals filed by Noida and DJB towards two separate orders of the NGT dated February 10 and February 21, 2022
NOIDA: The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday heard appeals filed by the Noida authority and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) difficult the environmental compensation imposed on them by the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal (NGT) concerning the discharge of untreated sewage into the Kondli drain and subsequently into the Yamuna river.
In its 2022 rulings, the NGT had imposed interim environmental compensation of ₹100 crore on Noida authority and ₹50 crore on DJB for his or her alleged failure to stop untreated sewage from getting into the Kondli and Shahdara drains, which finally pollute the Yamuna and Ganga rivers. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photograph)
A bench directed the authorities to submit further affidavits, inserting on document, a July 2024 NGT order which had noticed that every one phases of the Kondli sewage remedy plant (STP) had been complying with the prescribed effluent discharge requirements. It additionally requested them to submit up-to-date compliance standing studies relating to sewage remedy and discharge.
The apex court docket is present listening to civil appeals filed by Noida and DJB towards two separate orders of the NGT dated February 10 and February 21, 2022.
In its 2022 rulings, the NGT had imposed interim environmental compensation of ₹100 crore on Noida authority and ₹50 crore on DJB for his or her alleged failure to stop untreated sewage from getting into the Kondli and Shahdara drains, which finally pollute the Yamuna and Ganga rivers.
The NGT had handed the instructions in a case initially filed in 2018 by a Noida resident, Abhisht Kusum Gupta, who flagged the environmental and public well being dangers arising from untreated waste water getting into the river system.
“It’s not just about legal compliance anymore. Untreated sewage in our drains directly affects the health and dignity of residents,” stated Abhisht Kusum Gupta, the petitioner who first approached the NGT in 2018. “I hope the Supreme Court ensures that ground-level improvements match the paperwork, because for too long, the departments concerning have escaped accountability behind progress reports”, he stated.
The case has been listed for additional proceedings on August 13.
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