#NGT notice to UP on waste burning at #Kaushambi

New Delhi, Apr 24  The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and its civic bodies after a plea alleged indiscriminate burning of municipal solid waste at Kaushambi area of Uttar Pradesh, despite a ban in force.

A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim sought responses from the UP government, UP Pollution Control Board, Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad and others on the issue before May 3.

The order came after advocate Sanjay Upadhyay mentioned the matter before the green panel and said that huge stretches of dry grass was put on fire at Kaushambi near the Anand Vihar Metro station recently.

Source: PTI