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NGT Directs State Pollution Control Board & Collector To Submit Action Taken Report Against Dumping Of Municipal Solid Waste In Wular Lake [Read Order]
Live LawThe National Green Tribunal has directed the State Pollution Control Board and Collector of Baramula district to submit an action taken report with regard to dumping of municipal solid waste in Wular lake, one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia located in the Baramulla district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The complainant had alleged that the Municipal Corporation of Sopore along with the support of District Administration Baramulla is illegally dumping solid waste in Niglee Tarzoo area, which is a part of the lake, for the last four months. "The Dumping municipal solid waste around Ningli Tarzoo is like committing a murder of nature and legitimizing this officially by Municipal Council Sopore and District Administration Baramulla. The bench noted- "In view of the allegation and the photographs annexed, we find it necessary to require a factual and action taken report from the Member Secretary, State Wetland Authority, Collector, Baramulla and the State Pollution Control Board before the next date by e-mail at judicialngt@gov.in preferably in the form of searchable PDF/ OCR Support PDF and not in the form of Image PDF.
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