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NGT imposes fines of over Rs 79,000 crore on states and UTs for different violations in 2022-23 | India News
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NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed total fines of Rs 79,098 crore on states and Union Territories (UTs) for non-compliance of municipal solid waste management (SWM) rules and other environmental violations in 2022-23.
Data shared by the environment ministry in the upper house shows that Tamil Nadu faced the highest fine of Rs 15,419 crore, followed by Maharashtra (Rs 12,000 crore), Madhya Pradesh (Rs 9,688 crore), Uttar Pradesh (Rs 5,000 crore), Bihar (Rs 4,000 crore), Telangana (Rs 3,800 crore), West Bengal (Rs 3,500 crore), Karnataka (Rs 3,400 crore), Delhi (Rs 3,132 crore) and Rajasthan (Rs 3,000 crore).
“The SWM Rules, 2016, provide the statutory framework for solid waste management in the country. The NGT in the matter related to municipal SWM Rules, 2016 and other environmental issues directed levy of environmental compensation on states and UTs through separate directions in order to address the acknowledged gaps in solid and liquid waste generation and treatment,” said the minister of state for environment, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, in his written reply to a Parliament Question.
On a question on monitoring the impacts of air pollution or water pollution, Choubey said that the CPCB at present monitors water quality of aquatic resources at 4703 locations in 28 states and 8 UTs on a monthly/quarterly/ half- yearly/yearly basis.
He said ambient air quality is monitored through a network of 1447 ambient air quality monitoring stations (516 continuous and 931 manual) covering 516 cities in 28 states and 7 UTs.
Data shared by the environment ministry in the upper house shows that Tamil Nadu faced the highest fine of Rs 15,419 crore, followed by Maharashtra (Rs 12,000 crore), Madhya Pradesh (Rs 9,688 crore), Uttar Pradesh (Rs 5,000 crore), Bihar (Rs 4,000 crore), Telangana (Rs 3,800 crore), West Bengal (Rs 3,500 crore), Karnataka (Rs 3,400 crore), Delhi (Rs 3,132 crore) and Rajasthan (Rs 3,000 crore).
“The SWM Rules, 2016, provide the statutory framework for solid waste management in the country. The NGT in the matter related to municipal SWM Rules, 2016 and other environmental issues directed levy of environmental compensation on states and UTs through separate directions in order to address the acknowledged gaps in solid and liquid waste generation and treatment,” said the minister of state for environment, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, in his written reply to a Parliament Question.
On a question on monitoring the impacts of air pollution or water pollution, Choubey said that the CPCB at present monitors water quality of aquatic resources at 4703 locations in 28 states and 8 UTs on a monthly/quarterly/ half- yearly/yearly basis.
He said ambient air quality is monitored through a network of 1447 ambient air quality monitoring stations (516 continuous and 931 manual) covering 516 cities in 28 states and 7 UTs.
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