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Taking suo motu cognisance of a TOI article on 51,837 illegal industries operating in residential areas in the capital, the National Green Tribunal has directed CPCB to form a two-member expert committee to initiate action against the offenders. NGT has also directed the corporations, DSIIDC and the DDA to cooperate and provide assistance to CPCB in this. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Mr Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the two-man panel to look into these industries running in residential areas without requisite approvals, and asked them to take appropriate action under the law. The committee has also been asked to submit a comprehensive report on the issue to a panel comprising retired expert member Mr Bikram Singh Sajwan and former Delhi chief secretary Ms Shailaja Chandra.