New Delhi, May 29 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on May 27, 2025, directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to frame requisite guidelines for plywood industries and file an action taken report on the matter within six months before the Registrar General of the tribunal.

The MoEF&CC and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have already framed guidelines regarding sand mining, stone crushers, brick kilns and common bio medical waste treatment plants, laying down measures for control of air and water pollution, the tribunal observed.

"Plywood industries having a pollution index of 78.3, falling in the orange category. They are acknowledged to cause air and water pollution, as reflected by the ...