Clean Ganga: NGT raps centre over floating bodies in Varanasi
The National Green Tribunal(NGT) today directed the Centre and the UP government to file a report on the issue of floating bodies in river Ganga in Varanasi region. A bench headed by Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the central and state functionaries concerned and said their slogans are contrary to the actions.
New Delhi
"It is really very unfortunate that such things are going on. Why don't you do something about this? Your slogans are very contrary to your actions," a bench observed. The observation came after advocate Gaurav Bansal mentioned before the bench that bodies of humans and animals were being dumped in the Ganga and the authorities were allegedly not taking any action.
The Court further observed that it was a very sad state and directed the Ministries of Environment and the Water Resources and the Uttar Pradesh government to look into the matter and asked them to submit the report on the next date of hearing.
On January 15, the bench had directed the Uttar Pradesh and the Uttarakhand governments to identify seriously polluting industries located on the banks of Ganga and apprise it about 'quantity and quality of discharge generated by them in the river.
Earlier, the Tribunal had directed the Centre not to release funds for cleaning the river from Gomukh to Kanpur without its nod, chiding the two states for failing to identify the seriously polluting locations.
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