Tag: untreated waste

SC asks NGT to set up accountable mechanism to monitor sewage plants in UP

The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the treatment of sewage generated in villages, towns and cities and said untreated waste is discharged into rivers and rivulets polluting the very sources of water upon which the survival of the population and bio diversity depends. The top court asked the National Green Tribunal to ensure that an accountable mechanism is set up in Uttar Pradesh to take stock of the performance of the sewage treatment plants, providing for adequate funds for upgrade and maintenance as required and for attending to all…

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Lack of sewage treatment facilities near coast plus marine life at risk

The CAG has noted that non-availability of sewage treatment facilities in urban local bodies (ULBs) across the coastal areas was posing a major threat to aquatic animals following depletion of oxygen in marine water. Human lives too were at risk due to the increase in toxic elements in marine food. The CAG noticed that CRZ notification 2011 prohibits disposal of waste and effluents into coastal waters and any existing practice of discharging untreated waste and effluents was required to be phased out by January 2013. CAG noted that the action…

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