India, Dec. 24 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, the Greater Noida authority and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to jointly ensure 100% sewer connections in villages falling under Greater Noida area, after flagging continued discharge of untreated sewage into open land, roads and storm water drains.

Hearing the original application alleging large-scale sewage discharge in villages under Greater Noida authority's jurisdiction, on December 15, a bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel noted that untreated sewage was being discharged in violation of environmental norms in several villages of Greater Noida, nece...