Mumbai: Newly appointed additional municipal commissioner Avinash Dhakne on Monday signalled a tougher crackdown on construction-linked pollution, saying the BMC may consider a steep hike in penalties for sites that flout norms even after being served notice.At present, construction sites are fined just Rs 10,000 for violations — an amount Dhakne indicated is far too low to act as a deterrent....
NEW DELHI: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) wants the Delhi government to raise the issue of release of pollutants by Haryana and Uttar Pradesh into the Yamuna at the next north zone council (NZC) meeting scheduled to take place in Amritsar on September 26.Officials said industrial effluents from Haryana's Sonepat, Panipat and Rohtak districts and UP's Ghaziabad and Noida districts continue to pollute the Yamuna....
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