Duty of Railways to check air pollution at Khori station: NGT

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 06 2019 | 4:30 PM IST

The National Green Tribunal Wednesday said it is the duty of the Railways to combat air pollution at Khori Railway Station in Haryana's Rewari district.

A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore directed the Railways to take immediate action to control pollution at the station and directed it to file a compliance affidavit before March 7.

The green panel also directed a senior official of the Railways to be present before it in on the next date of hearing.

The order came after perusal of an inspection report filed by a joint team of the Central Pollution Control Board and Haryana State Pollution Control Board

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First Published: Feb 06 2019 | 4:30 PM IST

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