{"id":48995,"date":"2017-07-13T06:15:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T00:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48995"},"modified":"2017-07-13T06:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T00:45:48","slug":"ngt-declares-100m-edge-ganga-no-development-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-declares-100m-edge-ganga-no-development-zone","title":{"rendered":"NGT declares 100m from edge of Ganga as &#8220;no-development zone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47438\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-transfers-darjeeling-pollution-case-eastern-bench\/bgt\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" 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=\"bgt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47438 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"NGT declares 100m from edge of Ganga as &quot;no-development zone&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/bgt.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NGT declares 100m from edge of Ganga as &#8220;no-development zone&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Green Tribunal today passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate River Ganga, declaring as &#8216;No-Development Zone&#8217; an area of 100 metres from the edge of the river between Haridwar and Unnao and prohibiting dumping of waste within 500 metres from the river.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also declared that an environment compensation of Rs 50,000 will be imposed on anyone who dumps waste in the river.<\/p>\n<p>The apex environment watchdog directed all authorities concerned to complete various projects including setting up of a sewage treatment plant and cleaning drains within two years.<\/p>\n<p>It also said the Uttar Pradesh government should be &#8220;duty-bound&#8221; to shift tanneries within six weeks, from Jajmau in Kanpur to leather parks in Unnao or any other place it considers appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The NGT also directed the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to formulate guidelines for religious activities on the ghats of Ganga or its tributaries.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal also appointed a supervisory committee, headed by the secretary of the Water Resources Ministry and comprising IIT professors and officials from UP government to oversee implementation of the directions passed in its 543- page verdict.<\/p>\n<p>It also asked the committee to submit reports at regular intervals.<\/p>\n<p>The NGT said the concept of zero liquid discharge and online monitoring of affluents should not be applied to industrial units.<\/p>\n<p>It said that all industrial units falling in the catchment area of river Ganga should be stopped from indiscriminate extraction of groundwater.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal had heard the arguments of the Centre, the UP government, pollution control boards and various other stakeholders for almost 18 months before reserving the judgement on May 31.<\/p>\n<p>The green panel has divided the work of cleaning the river in different segments Gomukh to Haridwar (Phase-I), Haridwar to Unnao (termed as segment B of Phase-I), Unnao to border of Uttar Pradesh, border of Uttar Pradesh to border of Jharkhand and border of Jharkhand to Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n<p>It has already delivered the verdict in December 2015 with regard to first phase between Gomukh to Haridwar.<\/p>\n<p>The verdict came on a 1985 PIL of noted environment activist M C Mehta which was transferred to the NGT from the Supreme Court in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; 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