National Green Tribunal (NGT) gave its directions to a PIL petition of which was transferred to the NGT from the Supreme Court in 2014.
What the NGT mandates?
An area of 100 metres from the edge of the Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao has been declared a ‘No Development Zone’.
Till the demarcation of floodplains and identification of permissible and non-permissible activities by the State government, the ‘No Development Zone’ is to be followed.
All industrial units in the catchment areas of the Ganga should be stopped from indiscriminate groundwater extraction.
Mechanical mining will be banned.
Dumping of waste within 500 metres of the river is proibited.
Rs. 50,000 fine will be imposed on anyone dumping waste in the river.
It also directed the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to formulate guidelines for religious activities on the ghats of the Ganga and its tributaries.
Tanneries from Jajmau in Kanpur should be shifted to leather parks in Unnao within a period of six weeks,.
A supervisory committee was appointed to oversee implementation of the directions passed in its verdict.
