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NGT slaps Rs 2-crore fine on two firms for river pollution

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on Gammon India Limited and Hindustan Construction Co Ltd for damaging the environment by dumping soil in the Chenab and Tawi for construction on a stretch of the Udhampur-Banihal national highway in J&K.

New Delhi, February 13

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on Gammon India Limited and Hindustan Construction Co Ltd for damaging the environment by dumping soil in the Chenab and Tawi for construction on a stretch of the Udhampur-Banihal national highway in J&K.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also ordered them to furnish a performance guarantee of Rs 1 crore for improving the situation within the next three months. — PTI

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