Levy sewerage charges on all households in Delhi: NGT

Thursday, 9 July 2020Newsdesk
Levy sewerage charges on all households in Delhi: NGT
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to comply with the Supreme Court order to levy sewerage charges on all households in the national capital for discharge of untreated effluents in Yamuna. The green panel noted that 2.3 lakh people in unauthorised colonies in Delhi have not taken sewage connection which was resulting in emission of pollutants in the river.

New Delhi, 09 July 2020

As per news report of PTI, the NGT said as per Polluter pays Principle, every individual household causing pollution by release of sewage into open environment or in the sewer network is liable for payment for its treatment.

Source -ptinews.com


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