Act on illegal borewells within 2 mths: NGT

Tribunal issues directive while hearing a petition alleging widespread environmental violations by dyeing units

- PRABHAT SHUKLA @ New Delhi

IN a big crackdown, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi authorities to complete proceedings and issue a final order within two months on the action to be taken against several illegal borewells operating inside dyeing units across multiple industrial clusters of the Capital.

The green body issued the directive while hearing a petition alleging widespread environmental violations by dyeing units in areas such as Narela, Bawana, Mayapuri and Lawrence Road. The plea claimed that many of these units had been functioning without the mandatory environmental clearances and were illegally extracting groundwater through unauthorised borewells.