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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Jharkhand Pollution Control Board (PCB) for damage to the environment due to operation of quarrying and crushing units in Rajmahal hills. 

It noted that "the damage to the environment and public health cannot be brushed aside and effective measures are required to be taken for realizing the guaranteed Fundamental Right to clean environment which is part of Right to life." 

The NGT's scathing remark came while hearing three separate petitions relating to the enforcement of environmental norms in the operation of quarrying and crushing units in Rajmahal hills of the Vindhya Mountains, District Sahebganj, Jharkhand. 

A Principal Bench headed by its chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel asked the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand to take steps to revamp the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) and file an affidavit of compliance and also warned that if they failed to do so, the tribunal may take stringent action for enforcing the law.

Taking note to enforce the rule of law and for protection of environment and public health, the tribunal ordered that a scientific action plan is required to be prepared after an in-depth study of the problem with a clear road map.

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