NGT notices to U.P. officials over open waste dumping

Delhi | Sunday | 18th February, 2018

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The petitioner further alleged that the auto-tippers of the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam were dumping the municipal solid waste on the main road. Pollution concerns“The road is full of municipal solid waste and garbage which is continuosly giving rise to the catastrophic consequences like air pollution, land pollution, soil pollution and much more. Unscientific mannerThe petitioner further contended that instead of disposing the waste according to the relevant rules, the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam had been dumping it in an unscientific manner. more-inThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 15 issued show-cause notices to the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam after petitioner alleged that municipal solid waste was being openly dumped in Vaishali. Kaushambhi resident Mansi Chahal had approached the green panel over open dumping of waste near the Income Tax Office in Vaishali, by the authorities in Ghaziabad..