Sewage flows into green belt, NGT fines Jal Board, Loni civic body Rs 24 crore
The tribunal has also issued directives for setting up a joint committee comprising UPPCB, Ghaziabad DM, CPCB and a representative of the environment ministry to prepare an environment rejuvenation plan and utilise the compensation realised from violators for remediation and restoration of the damaged green belt within three months.
The tribunal bench, comprising judicial members justices Sudhir Agrawal and Arun Kumar Tyagi, and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad, issued the directions while hearing a petition filed by Hari Om Gupta on behalf of residents of Ansal East End in Loni's Sector C-1.
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The petitioner had accused the civic agencies of dumping hazardous municipal waste and sewage in the green belt of the trans-Delhi Signature City area between 2020 and 2024.
In its verdict, pronounced Monday, the NGT observed that the government agencies continued to dump wastewater on the area's greenbelt. It held Loni nagar palika parishad, Jal Nigam, NHAI, and its contractors guilty of violating the provisions of Section 24 of the Water Act, 1974.
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It noted that areas under Loni Nagar Palika Parishad generate 108 MLD of solid waste on average, but had only one STP with a capacity to treat 30 MLD. It said UP Jal Nigam under the UPWSS Act, 1975, was responsible for treating solid waste generated in the area.
The tribunal gave the nagar palika parishad, UP urban development department and Jal Nigam one year to construct a 108MLD STP, lay a sewer network and upgrade the existing 30 MLD STP to meet the prescribed standards.
It imposed a Rs 2.5 crore fine in environmental compensation on the nagar palika parishad for the violation period from July 1, 2020, to March 31, 2024, and asked UPCCB to compute the costs for the subsequent period. It directed UPPCB to also compute the EC for Jal Board for the subsequent period after imposing a penalty of Rs 21.5 crore for violation from Jan 20, 2024, to Nov 13, 2024.
The tribunal said the environment rejuvenation plan must be executed within six months of the fines being recovered, and a compliance report submitted within the next 30 days.
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