AGRA: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has imposed a fine of Rs 9.3 crore on the Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) for failing to prevent discharge of filth and sewage through eight drains into the Yamuna. The action came after the civic body ignored previous notices.
Regional officer (UPPCB) Vishwanath Sharma said, “The notices were sent for different periods at the monthly rate of Rs five lakh per drain. After the civic body did not respond to the one sent in March, an environmental compensation notice was issued under the order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the case of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti vs Union of India.”
Earlier this month, the principal bench of NGT had directed the UP chief secretary and other concerned authorities in the state, to take remedial action regarding the discharge of pollution in the Yamuna at Agra.
