Untreated sewage polluting Ganga, NGT seeks govt reply

The National Green Tribunal has sought reasons as to why sewage treatment plants remain non-functional and effluents continue to pollute Ganga in Uttarakhand and Jharkhand.

- Jayashree Nandi

NEW DELHI: It has also sought a plan for how waste water will be treated before releasing into Ganga, until STPs start functioning.

NGT was hearing an application by MC Mehta against Union of India, in which the Tribunal is considering the issue of preventing and controlling pollution in Ganga. In case of Uttarakhand, a compliance affidavit submitted by Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UKPCB) disclosed that "most of the STPs are not complying with the norms and were frequently found non-operational".