Dal Lake pollution: NGT forms panel to take ‘expeditious remedial action’
NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel to take “expeditious remedial” action regarding the pollution of Dal Lake in Kashmir.
The green panel, which was hearing the matter regarding the deteriorating condition of the water body, observed that immediate measures were required to check the pollutants, such as untreated sewage, from entering the lake.
In a recent order, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said the Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee (J&KPCC) had filed a report that untreated sewage was flowing into Dal Lake and there were about 910 houseboats in Dal and Nigeen Lake and their wastewater was being discharged into the lake.
