Submission/clarification on behalf of MoEF&CC on the issue of residual antibiotics in industrial effluents in the matter of Veterans Forum for Transparency in Public Life Vs Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 04/04/2022.

The issue related to the discharge of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and toxic industrial pollution in river Balad in Baddi industrial area in district Solan and rivers Sirsa and Satluj.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published in The Indian Express dated 19.03.2022 titled “STP given nod to discharge treated sewage into Thol” dated 29/03/2022.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published on 21.11.2021 in the Indian Express titled “Lakes of Bengaluru : Industrial effluents, raw sewage; stinky tale of Chandrapura lake” dated March 29, 2022. The matter related to damage to the Chandrapura lake and failure of statutory regulators to take remedial action. The media report mentions that the buffer zone of the lake has been encroached upon and waste is being dumped into the lake. It is choked by encroachments and affected by effluents and waste.

Report filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board in the matter of Manoj Kumar Rai Vs State of Uttar Pradesh, 24/03/2022. The matter related to discharge of sewage and solid waste into Katahal drain connected to river Ganga, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh.

The NGT, January 4, 2022 directed the constitution of five member joint committee to look into the matter and take remedial action to ensure that no untreated sewage and waste goes into river Ganga and erring officers be made accountable for failures, if any found.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Himanshu Sharma Vs Union Territory of J & K dated 23/03/2022.

Grievance in the application is against failure to take action to prevent pollution of Ban Ganga river at Katra in Jammu & Kashmir.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in Times Now dated 05.03.2022 titled “Rajasthan: Over 50 crocodiles dead in a month due to construction and beautification activities in Kota’s Kala Talab” dated 23/03/2022.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Krishna Das K V Vs State of Kerala dated 28/02/2022.

Grievance in the application is against failure to take remedial action for protecting Ashtamudi wetland and Vambanad-Kol wetland, a Ramsar site in Kollam district of Kerala. Wetland has become polluted due to dumping of pharmaceutical waste, plastic waste, domestic waste, slaughter-house waste and numerous other sources.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in The Indian Express dated 29.12.2021 titled “The road to rediscovery of Kham, the seasonal river of Aurangabad” dated 28/02/2022.

The matter is related to the pollution of Kham river, Aurangabad, Maharashtra which is polluted by untreated discharge of sewage. The pollution is affecting the farmers who have to use the polluted water for irrigation.

Compliance report on behalf of state of Uttar Pradesh in pursuance of NGT order, September 7, 2021 in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur.

The matter related to remedial action on the contamination of water bodies and groundwater, specially Ramgarh lake, Ami river, Rapti river and Rohini river in and around district Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Rejoinder to the reply filed by the Pune Municipal Corporation & Others in I.A. No. 105/2021 in Appeal No. 12/2020 (WZ) in the matter of Sarang Yadwarkar Vs Pune Municipal Corporation dated 21/02/2022.