NGT raps Tamil Nadu for failing to clean water bodies despite assurances

The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has come down heavily on the Tamil Nadu government for failing to clean its water bodies, particularly the Cooum and Adayar rivers, and the Buckingham canal, despite repeated assurances.

The bench said it was tentatively inclined to fine the state government Rs 100 crore for not being able to act on its assurances about cleaning the water bodies, but would wait for a report from an expert committee to assess the exact quantum of damage.
 
The increasing pollution in these three water bodies has been due to “repeated failure of