India, Feb. 20 -- NGT directs Suav's status be changed from 'nullah' to 'river' in official records

Orders publication of correction in gazette and local newspapers

Bars new construction in demarcated floodplain zones

Calls for monitoring of STPs and industrial effluents

Warns non-compliance is punishable under NGT Act

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to correct official records and restore the Suav's status from a "drain" to a "river" in the revenue records and gazetteer, warning that failure to comply could attract punishment under the law.

The order follows a petition challenging the classification of the Suav - a major tributary of the Rapti river in Balrampur district - as a nullah (dr...