Lucknow, Jan. 11 -- After missing the Supreme Court's February 2020 deadline, Uttar Pradesh has urged the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to give it time till December 31, 2028 to tap its drains flowing into rivers in the state.

The state government is preparing to present its case before the NGT's principal bench in New Delhi on the next date of hearing on March 12.

The Tribunal has taken a serious note of discharge of sewage water directly into rivers across the state and has sought explanation from the state government for non-compliance of the Supreme Court's directives in this regard.

The principal bench, comprising chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A. Senthil Vel, on December 23 last year, expressed concern ...