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NGT Calls for Action Against Individuals Using Tubewells to Illegally Withdraw Water - (10 Jun 2019)

ENVIRONMENT

National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Jal Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to take action against those people using tubewells illegally to extract groundwater. NGT further observed that illegal installation of tubewells is an offence under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and authorities should start prosecution, apart from recovering compensation.

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