Why Shouldn't You be Fined: NGT Asks Major Waste Generators

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to major waste generators in the city including 5-star hotels, malls, hospitals, educational institutions with hostels and housing societies which have not complied with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.

The tribunal had constituted a committee comprising representatives of the ministries of Environment and Urban Development, Director General of Health Services, Medical Council of India, DDA, municipal corporations, the Delhi government, Central Pollution Control Board, railways and Delhi Pollution Control Committee.

The green panel had earlier directed the Delhi government to provide a list of all mass generators of waste while noting that the problem of waste generation is being faced by the entire country and urgent steps were needed to be taken without "demur and default".