HC pulls up govt over pollution in Yamun
Hindustan Times|November 13, 2024
The Delhi high court on Tuesday reprimanded the Delhi government for failing to regulate the emission of sewage and industrial waste into the Yamuna, saying that its sewage treatment plants (STPs) were not working at capacity.
HC pulls up govt over pollution in Yamun

"Something is wrong here in the STPs. The STPs are not working. There is something drastically wrong there, who is monitoring the STPS? STPs are not working according to capacity and not performing," a bench of chief justice Manmohan and justice Tushar Rao Gedela said to an official with the chief secretary's office.

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