2017.01.30 (VT): Vrindavan Municipality didn’t get any relief from the Supreme Court on the Environment Compensation imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal.
The Apex Court has instead asked the government’s counsel to deposit the compensation amount in the registry of the Supreme Court. The court has also asked the counsel to submit the status report within two week’s time.
The appeal was called on hearing on 30th January, 2017 before the bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Prafulla C. Pant.
The Vrindavan Municipality had approached the Supreme Court of India by filing an appeal with the Apex court against the order of the National Green Tribunal, which had imposed an environment compensation of Rs. 5 lakh each upon District Administration, as well as Vrindavan Municipality. Apart from these two agencies, the Green Court had imposed a compensation of One Lakh rupees on the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Rs. 50,000 on the Sate Government of Uttar Pradesh.
In its judgment the National Green Tribunal had said, “There shall be total prohibition on dumping and / or burning of Municipal Solid Waste in any street at any place near the water bodies, market or residential areas. The waste shall be collected by the local authorities on daily basis and dumped at the site strictly in accordance with Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000.”
When no effective steps were taken by the municipality in compliance of its order, the NGT had imposed environmental compensation on the Municipality and other government bodies.
Talking to VT, the petitioner Madhumangal Shukla said, “I have full trust in our judiciary. It has always provided safeguard to the environment concern. I trust that Hon’ble Supreme Court will pass such an order that the Municipality will be compelled to keep the Holy Dham clean, which is visited by thousands of devotees every year.”
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