NGT to rescue

The National Green Tribunal on Monday instructed the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to check the levels of industrial waste released into the Ganga. It has also formed a joint inspection team along with other pollution boards to examine the water quality of the river, which reportedly poses a health hazard to the vast multitude of people depending on it for sustenance. That the NGT had to intervene despite the existence of a National Mission for Clean Ganga under the ministry of water resources goes to show the lax state of policy implementation in India.

Manhar Khanna Amritsar