Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Application taken up by the Tribunal suo motu based on the news item published in “Eenadu” Telugu newspaper Hyderabad Main Edition dated 29.12.2015 Vs Chief Secretary Government of Telangana & Others dated 05/07/2016 relating to unauthorised stone crusher units existing in the State of Telangana. 

NGT directs State of Telangana as well as the State Pollution Control Board shall make periodical survey of the stone crushing units in the entire State of Telangana, take list of the stone crushing units and find out as to how many units are running without “Consent” from the Board in respect of whom the Board shall take immediate action of closure, apart from prosecuting the persons concerned and imposing penalty under “polluter pays” on them.