Summary:
Earlier, the green panel had directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to act against stainless steel pickling industries in residential areas. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday slapped Rs 50 crore fine on the Delhi government for not following its order to shut the stainless-steel pickling units in residential areas as they fall under the prohibited list of industrial activity. The plea asserted that “time is being taken by the Delhi government and the environment is made to suffer continuously”. The court had said that they fall under the prohibited list of industrial activity as per the Delhi Master Plan (DMP), 2021. The plea alleged that the liquid used by such units to remove impurities of steel is discharged in open drains which ultimately met the already polluted Yamuna river..