NGT orders Jubilant Agri & other units to stop operations in Gajraula

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) yesterday in a case hearing related to the pollution of the river Ganga and drainage canals leading into the river Ganga, has, by way of an oral pronouncement, ordered 13 industrial units situated in Gajraula (Uttar Pradesh) near the river Bagad to immediately cease operations. The order of the NGT applies to the units of Jubilant Agri & Consumer Products Limited (JACPL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Jubilant Industries Ltd, in Gajraula.

A committee has been set up by the NGT to inspect among other things, the discharge of effluents by the affected industrial units and to provide a report. Each industry has been given an opportunity to respond to the report with an action plan to resolve any deficits identified by the committee, in order to resume operations, within a week of submission of the report.