Mohali, April 4 -- Setting aside the injunction order of a Dera Bassi court, a Mohali court has allowed the Zirakpur municipal council (MC) to set up a sewage treatment plant (STP) on its own land near Sanauli in Zirakpur.

Furthermore, the court of additional district and sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sra directed the Zirakpur MC to obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), and comply with all its regulations and directives to ensure that the STP operated in an environmentally responsible manner.

Notably, the resident welfare associations (RWAs) of various housing societies, including Lakeview Complex, Green Valley Heights, Golden Sands Welfare Society and Green Valley Towers, had filed a p...