He also submitted pictures of corpses floating in Ganga in Varanasi and claimed no action was being taken to stop such corpses from being disposed in the river.
"The deponent wish to draw the attention of this Court on the issue of floating dead bodies in Ganga in the districts of Uttar Pradesh. That one of the photos show a half burnt dead body of a human being and a dead animal floating in the river.
The affidavit was filed in pursuance to the green panel's January 18 direction asking the lawyer to file proper documents after he alleged that bodies of humans and animals were being dumped in the river and the authorities were not taking any action.
Taking note of his submissions, NGT had slammed the Centre and UP government over pollution in Ganga at Varanasi and observed that their slogans were contrary to actions.
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"There are two burning ghats named Harishchandra and Manikarnika where about 32,000 dead bodies are burnt every year with the help of 10000 tons of dry wood. During the burning of firewood, about 480x108 kilocalorie/yr wood energy is consumed. After burning about 300 tons ash content is released from the burning ghats which contain 77,000 kg Nitrogen, 48,000 kg Phosphorus and 5,000 kg Potassium.
drain in Garhmukteshwar has been made operational, but it was not functional as no untreated sewage was being supplied to the STP and as a result the entire facility is lying idle.
"This is nothing but wastage of public funds with no benefit to the environment or the public," it said.
With regard to the STP at Garh, the panel has supported the location of the plant and said that it would not recommend the location of the STP of Garh near the river since the "transit of pollutants" over a distance of 4-5 kms would pollute ground water and agricultural land.
NGT had slammed the state's Jal Nigam for building the STPs on the drains joining Ganga without any survey and said it had wasted Rs 1500 crore since 1987 and still not cleaned "even a single drop" of the river.