Rs 50,000 fine for dumping along Ganga stretch
The environment watchdog also declared 100 metres from the edge of River Ganga as 'No-Development Zone' along the same stretch.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday banned dumping of any kind of waste within 500 metres of the Ganga river between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, adding that violators would be fined Rs 50,000.
The environment watchdog also declared 100 metres from the edge of River Ganga as 'No-Development Zone' along the same stretch. The moves come a week after the Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand High Court's order declaring the Ganga and Yamuna rivers as juristic persons and a living entity.
Uttar Pradesh should be "duty-bound" to shift tanneries within six weeks, it added. Tanneries that overshoot their permitted capacity will be fined as per their size, the Tribunal said, setting an upper limit of Rs 50,000 for small units and Rs 1 lakh for large ones.