The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday took the Delhi government and other civic authorities to task for not ensuring compliance with its order that no blood should seep into the Yamuna directly due to cattle slaughter.
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Detailed status report
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A Bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim directed the government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a detailed status report on the issue and sought their reply before July 11. The directions came during the hearing of a plea by religious group Ojasvi Party, which approached the NGT against pollution caused to the river due to cattle slaughter.
One slaughterhouse
The lawyer appearing for the East Delhi Municipal Corporation told the NGT that one slaughterhouse was currently operating in Ghazipur and that it had already installed an online monitoring system, which is linked to the Central Pollution Control Board, for treating its effluents.
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