India, Jan. 30 -- Patiala

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has come down heavily on the Sirhind municipal council for dumping solid waste at unauthorised sites and reprimanded the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) for failing to enforce environmental laws.

The tribunal was hearing a petition filed by Ludhiana-based NGO - Public Action Committee (PAC). In its order dated January 27, the NGT recorded that the municipal council had been dumping solid waste on both sides of Hansla Nadi in Sirhind without obtaining consent from the PPCB, in clear violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

The tribunal further noted that during the pendency of the case, the civic body created another unauthorised dumping site in the Fatehgarh ...