 "National Green Tribunal slams Delhi Jal Board for polluting the Yamuna")
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) pulled up the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today for failure to stop polluting the Yamuna River.
Last year, the DJB had established 15 MGD waste water treatment plants at a cost of Rs 204 crore at the Delhi Gate Nalla aimed at curbing the problem of highly polluted water from areas of Old Delhi being released into the Yamuna.
"You had assured us that not a single drop of untreated water will go into the Yamuna. Still 25 to 30% of waste water is going into the Yamuna. We will not allow you to waste public money like this. Enough of this joke," the presiding NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said in today's hearing while summoning the engineer in charge to explain the situation."
The bench also asked the DJB to submit details of planned expenditure with regard to the water and sewerage sector for the current fiscal year.
The NGT had earlier taken the DJB to task for spending money errantly without prior permission and had directed the board not to surrender funds allocated to it for rejuvenation of the Yamuna but to use the amounts in the Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project instead.
Last year, the DJB had established 15 MGD waste water treatment plants at a cost of Rs 204 crore at the Delhi Gate Nalla aimed at curbing the problem of highly polluted water from areas of Old Delhi being released into the Yamuna.
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"You had assured us that not a single drop of untreated water will go into the Yamuna. Still 25 to 30% of waste water is going into the Yamuna. We will not allow you to waste public money like this. Enough of this joke," the presiding NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said in today's hearing while summoning the engineer in charge to explain the situation."
The bench also asked the DJB to submit details of planned expenditure with regard to the water and sewerage sector for the current fiscal year.
The NGT had earlier taken the DJB to task for spending money errantly without prior permission and had directed the board not to surrender funds allocated to it for rejuvenation of the Yamuna but to use the amounts in the Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project instead.
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