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Title: Pollution control board seals 24 unauthorised plastic processing units
Source:The Hindu
Date:26 July 2019
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on 25 July 2019 sealed at least 24 illegal units which segregate and process plastic in villages in outer Delhi. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down heavily on the Delhi government on the issue. “Even though an action-taken report has been filed, the action hardly meets the magnitude of violation. There is no serious exercise of assessing the cost of damage to the environment and the cost of restoration. It is also not clear whether the polluting activities have been stopped,” the Bench had observed.
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