Ghaziabad, Aug. 9 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an environmental compensation of Rs.17.45 lakh on the Ghaziabad municipal corporation for allegedly dumping municipal solid waste in violation of waste management rules. The order, delivered on July 31 while disposing of a petition by Laxmi Narain, a resident of Chikambarpur village, directed that the amount be deposited with the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) within two months.

Narain had complained that the corporation was dumping waste at the Apsara Border area - in the Ghaziabad-Dilshad Garden stretch near GT Road - causing foul odour and air pollution, and posing a risk of disease outbreaks and groundwater contamination due to leachate seepage.

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