Green Laws Must For Railway Stations: National Green Tribunal
Source: NDTV, Date: , 2019
Railway stations across the country are required to obtain
necessary environmental permissions as several polluting activities take place
there, the National Green Tribunal has said. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said there can be no dispute about the proposition
that the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 also applies to major railway
stations. Directing the Railways to take into account recommendations of the
Central Pollution Control Board on implementing the Air (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1974, the tribunal asked it to implement action plans for making stations
clean. "The team comprising of CPCB and concerned state pollution control
board will evaluate the performance of major railway stations both in terms of
implementation of action plans and compliance to the provisions of the Water
Act, Air Act and Environmental Protection Act and Rules framed
thereunder..." it said.