India, Dec. 26 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed authorities to pass the final order on the action to be taken against the operation of several illegal borewells in multiple dyeing units in Delhi within two months.
The green body was hearing a matter alleging that several dyeing units operating in Narela, Bawana, Mayapuri and Lawrence Road were functioning without mandatory consents. It was also alleged that the units had been discharging untreated toxic effluents into drains and open land, causing groundwater contamination and health hazards.
Earlier, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) had filed an action taken report on February 17, this year, disclosing that in the inspection carried out at all the 61 location...