Ferozepur, Sept. 14 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Principal Bench, New Delhi, has set November 3 as the next date of hearing on a plea by Malbros International Private Limited to allow it to operate its ethanol plant at Zira.

Appearing before the Tribunal on September 9, counsel for Malbros plant, which used to run both liquor and ethanol units and has been shut since 2022, assured that the existing liquor distillery at Mansoorwal would be permanently dismantled, and sought NGT's permission to restart its 180 Kilolitres per day (KLD) ethanol plant on the same premises.

However, after the request of the applicant counsel, who had moved NGT for the closure of the plant over alleged pollution, and counsel from the Punjab government ...