India, Dec. 22 -- The Noida authority has filed first information report (FIRs) against 15 housing societies besides these societies being fined worth Rs.1.5 crore over dumping untreated waste into the city's drains, officials said on Sunday.

According to the national green tribunal (NGT) directions, these societies are supposed to set up treatment plants to treat the waste and then discharge the same into drains. The Authority has been carrying out the site inspections inside the housing societies since 2022, and imposing penalties including filing of FIRs for violation of the rules, said officials.

The action followed the national green tribunal (NGT), on August 3, 2022 during a case hearing, asking the Noida authority not to dump unt...