{"id":46334,"date":"2016-12-27T05:45:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T00:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46334"},"modified":"2016-12-27T05:45:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T00:15:12","slug":"air-pollution-aol-ganga-hogged-limelight-ngt-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/air-pollution-aol-ganga-hogged-limelight-ngt-2016","title":{"rendered":"Air pollution, AOL &#038; Ganga hogged limelight in NGT in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44249\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44249\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/making-millions-taj-mahal-yet-unable-protect-itngt\/taj-mehel\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/taj-mehel.jpg?fit=266%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"266,177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"taj mehel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/taj-mehel.jpg?fit=266%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/taj-mehel.jpg?fit=266%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/taj-mehel.jpg?resize=266%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Air pollution, AOL &amp; Ganga hogged limelight in NGT in 2016\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/taj-mehel.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/taj-mehel.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air pollution, AOL &amp; Ganga hogged limelight in NGT in 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The &#8220;environmental Emergency&#8221; caused by one of the worst stretches of air pollution in Delhi and the northern region led National Green Tribunal to take the Centre and some states to task for inaction, as the year also it cracking the whip on airlines for dumping excreta in air and auto majors over sale of diesel vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Though several path-breaking orders were passed by the NGT in 2016, it also stoked controversy by allowing Sri Sri Ravi Shankar&#8217;s Art of Living (AOL) to hold a three-day cultural extravaganza on the dry bed of eco-fragile Yamuna.<\/p>\n<p>Like previous years, hearings and orders of the green panel found mention in the global media and one such issue was the dumping of human excreta by aircraft over residential areas near the IGI airport here, which led it to order an inspection of the South Delhi house of a former senior armyman who had drawn its attention.<\/p>\n<p>The menace of human waste being splattered on houses from airplanes while landing, also led the tribunal to slap a fine of Rs 50,000 on aircraft which empty toilet tanks in air.<\/p>\n<p>The year not only saw slapping of hefty fines and environment compensation on public authorities for failing to discharge their &#8220;statutory&#8221; 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