The National Green Tribunal has allowed an NGO, opposing dumping of industrial waste into the river Yamuna, to file a list of any unit other than steel pickling factories which are discharging harmful effluents.
A bench of NGT judicial members -- justices U D Salvi and M S Nambiar -- gave liberty to NGO All India Lokadhikar Sangthan to file the list of polluting factories located in Wazirpur industrial area here before the next date of hearing on January 27.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) told the tribunal that it is accepting, without reservations, consent applications of steel pickling units located in Wazirpur.
It also informed the NGT that it has received around eight applications till December 19 and many more are to come.
The Tribunal had in August restrained such steel pickling units from carrying out operations without the DPCC consent on a plea by the NGO.
Steel pickling is the process of removing impurities, such as stains, inorganic contaminants, from the metal.
After restraining these industries from carrying out manufacturing activity, the tribunal had on October 9 allowed the units to sell the stock they had manufactured till they were shut down.
The tribunal had made it clear that if the DPCC on inspection found any manufacturing activity at any plant then the authority was free to shut it down and directed the authority to conduct surprise checks.
