Report of the joint committee and action taken report in compliance of the National Green Tribunal in Original Application No. 744 of 2022 (Moharram Ali Vs State of Uttar Pradesh) and Original Application No. 277/2022 (Liyakat Ali & Others Vs State of UP). Two matters have been clubbed together in the report.

Joint committee report on industries discharging their effluent into Dhandhera drain upto Jolly road culvert, Muzaffarnagar in compliance of the NGT order, July 21, 2022 (OA 277/2022 Liyakat Ali and Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh).

Objections on behalf of the applicant (Uday Education & Welfare Trust) to the Joint Committee report, August 4, 2022.

An application was filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding the use of high power engines being operated without license from the forest department and consuming timber as their raw material without any restriction from the department in Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur districts of Uttar Pradesh.

The NGT, March 23, 2022 directed a joint committee to look into the matter.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Uday Education & Welfare Trust Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/03/2022.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinit Kumar Vs M/s Sir Shadilal Distillery & Chemical Works Pvt. Ltd. & Others dated 11/02/2022.

The application seeks execution of NGT order, February 23, 2021, wherein the Tribunal directed remedial action against violation of environmental norms in the operation of distillery unit of M/s Sir Shadilal Distillery and Chemical Works in district Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh including reducing capacity as per sustainable development principle and fixing accountability for the past violations on polluter pays principle.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinit Kumar Vs DSM Sugar Mills Ltd. & Others dated 11/02/2022.

Joint Inspection Report of M/s DSM Sugar Mansurpur, district Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in compliance to the NGT direction, August 18, 2021 in Original Application No. 16/2021 (Vinit Kumar Vs DSM Sugar Mills Ltd. & Others). The joint team comprising officials of the CPCB, UPPCB and the Additional District Magistrate visited the site, November 17, 2021.

Additional reply to the application on behalf of the DSM Sugar Mills Ltd. in the matter of Vinit Kumar Vs DSM Sugar Mills Ltd. dated 30/11/2021.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Chandra Shekhar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 21/09/2021.

Grievance in the application is against discharge of untreated effluent by Triveni Sugar Mill at Khatoli, district Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, resulting in contamination of groundwater in the area of about one and a half kilometers and upto depth of 50 meters. This has affected the health of the inhabitants and the inhabitants are not able to access potable water.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinit Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/01/2020 regarding brick kilns operating in Meerut, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar districts without valid consent and without converting to zig zag technology resulting in pollution.