Throw construction waste in river Yamuna and you be ready to pay fine Rs. 50,000
National Green Tribunal has endorsed levying of fine for dumping construction waste in Yamuna. You throw waste in the river Yamuna and then you be ready to pay fine - Rs. 5,000, and if it is construction waste, then Rs. 50,000.The NGT ordered creation of a committee formed by officials of the environment ministry (central?), Delhi government, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and governments of Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. This is towards formulating a plan for restoration of river Yamuna. Already over Rs.6,000 crore have been spent for cleaning but not much has changed.
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".. The committee will ensure environmental flow in the river and help prevent any waste from entering the river, especially industrial effluents .. and report to the NGT every quarter. .."
".. judgement came in response to a petition by environmentalist Manoj Misra, .. convener of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, .. clean and revitalize the Yamuna river for nearly a decade.
The tribunal under its Maili se Nirmal Yamuna (from dirty to pure Yamuna)-Yamuna Revitalisation plan 2017” also restrained real-estate developers from carrying out any construction work on the flood plains of the river. .."
".. “money collected through fines would be used for restoring the river”. .."
".. The central government had sanctioned the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP)-I and YAP-II schemes for Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
YAP-III was introduced in Delhi with financial assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency for works like sewerage/interception and diversion of drains, sewage treatment plants, low-cost sanitation and community toilet complexes, electric and improved wood crematoria. .."
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Find this at http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dZO4jQT30fGtOpbjTnRUfP/NGT-backs-fines-for-dumping-wasteinYamuna.html .
This is from January 2015.
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Also see http://www.indialegallive.com/column-news/is-india-lagging-behind-in-improving-quality-of-life-42740 from 2018 January.
".. Traffic and municipal waste add to pollution but for the moment, let us disregard them and focus on the biggest contributor to city pollution—construction dust. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came out with a detailed order on how to manage dust at construction sites in Delhi. While it was applicable to all .."
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Also see http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pay-rs-5000-fine-for-dumping-waste-on-yamuna-floodplains-ngt/articleshow/58753197.cms from 2017 May.
".. Open defecation and dumping of waste on the Yamuna floodplains will now attract a fine of Rs 5,000 for each incident, the National Green ... the execution of work pertaining to the cleaning of Yamuna and construction of sewage treatment plant to treat liquid waste flowing into the river. .."
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Also see http://www.thewire.in/143976/yamuna-ngt-funds-sewage from 2017 June.
".. Out of the allocated sum, Rs 344.81 have been earmarked for Delhi, to be used in the construction of seven sewage treatment plants (STPs) with a total capacity of 94 million litres per day (MLD) in the Najafgarh area on a priority basis, under the Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna project that was initiated on the .."
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Also see http://www.livelaw.in/ngt-chairperson-justice-swatanter-kumar-retires-7-landmark-decisions from 2017 December.
".. It had prescribed a spot fine of Rs. 5,000 on anyone spotted throwing waste in Yamuna, as is generally seen in Delhi where people dispose worship material waste into the river from bridges across it. It had also levied a fine of Rs. 50,000 on dumping of construction debris in the river. .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/stricter-penalty-for-polluting-ganga-on-cards/articleshow/58156563.cms from 2017 April.
".. Days after the Uttarakhand high court granted the status of living entity to Ganga, a committee of experts submitted on Wednesday its draft model law to the government suggesting strict penalty, including jail term, to those polluting the river and its tributaries like Yamuna and obstructing their .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/mystery-road-on-yamuna-dda-razes-illegal-path-after-ht-report-role-of-sand-mafia-suspected/story-MKPYBsb8UFVB8ns6bDholK.html from 2017 September.
".. A 12-member team of Delhi Development Authority rushed to the eastern bank of Yamuna .. to tear down the illegal road made of debris. ... DDA has lodged a complaint with the Shakarpur police station claiming that anti-social elements had dumped debris in the river to construct a road. .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/cattle-grazers-or-sand-mafia-who-is-using-the-ghost-road-over-river-yamuna/story-oCix2qQFMOZ0t9PTG8vguJ.html from 2017 September.
".. In 2014 the National Green Tribunal had directed the Delhi government to stop illegal sand mining going on in the Yamuna riverbed at Wazirabad and Jagatpur Bund area. Experts claimed that sand mining could lead to multiple problems, including increase in river gradient, excessive sediment transport, .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-authority-plans-to-recycle-construction-material-to-clean-city/story-5ctIo0OmjMZ6IzdlWHPRKM.html from 2017 August.
".. The authority said that another reason for the move is to check dumping of construction debris on the Yamuna floodplains, which pollutes the river. In January 2013, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned dumping of debris, including construction material, into the Yamuna and had directed Delhi .."
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Also see http://www.huffingtonpost.in/pranav-jain/delhis-waste-management-is-a-mess-and-we-arent-helping_a_21483717 from 2016 September.
".. Delhi, on an average, generates 4000 MT of construction & demolition (C&D) waste—comprising rubble, broken bricks, concrete pieces etc—per day. This waste is ... What about the waste dumped in the Yamuna River? Delhi is ... a false dichotomy. What is really required is a fine balance between the two. .."
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