A vacation bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim imposed environmental compensation on Active Toys Pvt Ltd, BG Steel, Kesri Steels Limited (Unit-II), Agrawal Metal Works Pvt Ltd Asiatic Electrical and Switchgear Pvt Ltd and Shyam Auto Pvt.
Ltd after an inspection team found deficiencies in their units.
The National Green Tribunal has slapped massive fines on six industries in Bhiwadi and Khuskhera industrial areas in Rajasthan’s Alwar district for discharging effluents in open and polluting the environment.
A vacation bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim imposed environmental compensation on Active Toys Pvt Ltd, BG Steel, Kesri Steels Limited (Unit-II), Agrawal Metal Works Pvt Ltd Asiatic Electrical and Switchgear Pvt Ltd and Shyam Auto Pvt.
Ltd after an inspection team found deficiencies in their units.
They have also been asked to comply with the observations and findings of the inspection team within three months.
"Subject to the applicant’s depositing the environmental compensation to the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) and the further undertaking to the tribunal, we permit these industries to operate, but in the event of default, the industries would be liable to be shut down and would also be liable to pay further environmental compensation for polluting the environment in the past and in the current period," the bench said.
It also ordered Agrawal Metal Works Pvt Ltd and Shyam Auto Pvt Ltd to obtain permission from the Central Ground Water Authority for extraction of ground water and asked it to install rain water harvesting system for replacing of the depletion caused by extraction of water.
It had said that the state has failed to take any strict legal action against the industries that are discharging the waste and untreated waste industrial effluents in the water.
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