Following the vacation, the National Green Tribunal principal bench was back at its job, on Thursday (July 6) looking into the Ganga Action Plan 1 and 2 in Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas.

On Thursday the bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, took into consideration the drains in area adjoining Jajmau, Kanpur. Various stakeholders agreed to the fact that they have a Common Effluence Treatment Plant (CETP) for the sewage as well as for the industrial effluents.

On being grilled by the bench all the state authorities agreed that this treatment plant is “useless” and is non-functional. The bench in its order stated that the drains in Jajmau carry industrial effluents including metal and chromium and sewage as well the CETP is of 36 MLD which can treat nothing.

Bench directed every stakeholder to present their suggestions to deal with this drains at Jajmau.

The matter was adjourned, to be listed on Friday (July 7).

—India Legal Bureau