{"id":36353,"date":"2014-12-26T15:23:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T09:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36353"},"modified":"2014-12-26T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T09:53:49","slug":"2014-national-green-tribunal-acts-ganga-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/2014-national-green-tribunal-acts-ganga-pollution","title":{"rendered":"2014: National Green Tribunal acts against Ganga pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of path-breaking orders to curb pollution and a strict watch on illegal mining kept the National Green Tribunal (NGT) busy in 2014 as it also cracked the whip on firms polluting the Ganga.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping in tune with the pledge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clean the &#8220;holiest of the holy&#8221; river, the NGT talked tough against the polluting industrial units and applied the &#8220;polluter pays&#8221; principle.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of making clean Ganga, which passes through 29 major cities, 23 small cities and 48 towns, reached the NGT after strict scrutiny of the Supreme Court which asked the green tribunal to take action against polluting industrial units including snapping water and power connections.<\/p>\n<p>While the new government at the Centre created a special Ministry &#8212; 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