with on some priority, we di-

rect that an officer of the Cen-

tral Pollution Control Board
[CPCB] accompanied by an of-
cer of the UPPCB and one
officer from the National Gan-
ga Basin Authority shall exam-
ine the 956 notices and submit
a report to the Tribunal, NGT
Bench said.
It has directed that the
units be examined to see
which of them are seriously
polluting industries and have
not installed anti-pollution
devices.
It will also be seen if the
anti-pollution devices are
functioning properly and how
many seriously polluting in-
dustries are discharging their
emissions and effluents with-
in the prescribed parameters
under Air Act and the Water
Act respectively. The NGT has
also sought a report on the wa-
ter requirements, sources of
water and polluting norms of
the units.
As far as the M/s Simbhaoli
Sugars Ltd. & Distillery are
concerned, the NGT had
termed them as seriously
polluting since they were
found to be discharging un-
treated waste in drains falling
in Ganga and has now directed
them to sit down with officers
of CPCB, UPPCB and Uttar
Pradesh Government to ex-
amine suggestions and mea-
sures to be taken to become
non-polluting and compliant
units.
The NGT is hearing a pet-
ition led by Krishna Kant
Singh and an organisation run
by environmental activist Vik-
rant Tongad highlighting how
industries are polluting Ganga
and endangering aquatic life.
NEW DELHI: As many as 956 in-
dustrial units comprising
chemical units, paper and
pulp units, distilleries, dairies,
sugar factories, dying units
and tanneries have been
found to be polluting Ganga
and its tributaries, and will
now be examined for their
state of affairs.
The National Green Tribu-
nal (NGT) has ordered that
the 956 units be examined to
nd out which of them are se-
riously polluting the river. All
these industries were issued
notices by the Uttar Pradesh
Pollution Control Board
(UPPCB) few days ago after
the NGT acted tough on the
issue. Of the 956 polluting
units, 39 are located in Gha-
ziabad and 16 in Noida.
It is in order to determine
which of the said industries
are seriously polluting indus-
tries, which need to be dealt
956 industries polluting Ganga
Akanksha Jain
Of the 956 polluting
units, 39 are located in
Ghaziabad and 16 in
Noida