Summary:
In the absence of no treatment facility for treating domestic waste water, the illegal drainage system serves as a channel to carry waste water into Upper Ganga canal, thereby polluting it and other water bodies. Ghaziabad: The National Green Tribunal has directed the constitution of a committee to prepare a short-term and a long-term plan within two weeks to stop illegal drain water finding its way into Upper Ganga canal, thereby contaminating groundwater and water bodies in Niwari area. The NGT further asked the committee to submit the plan by December 15 which is also to be marked to secretary, urban development, Union government. The finding confirmed the heavy presence of heavy metals in handpumps in the form of iron and manganese. The plan would entail suggesting action for stopping the pollution, reversing the damage caused, and prosecuting the offenders.The case dates back to March 2017, when a resident, Vivek Tyagi, filed a case in NGT alleging that Niwari nagar panchayat has illegally constructed a drainage system to Upper Ganga canal belonging to UP irrigation department..