are facilities mainly available in major cities and not in smaller cities or villages where the standards are proposed to be diluted.ДЄlso Read: National Green Tribunal Directs Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary To Take Urgent Steps To Deal With Waste Post Kumbh We may note that filters, UV filters, etc. Major population of this country will be affected by diluted standards and only persons in mega and metropolitan cities will have comparatively better standards without any valid reason or distinction. No justification has been shown for different standards for persons living in cities other than mega and metropolitan cities. The tribunal directed that the standards will apply not only for new STPs but also for existing/under construction STPs without any delay and вЂњgiving of seven yearsвЂ™ time stands disapprovedвЂќ. It said the water quality standards are required to be the same for the population of major cities or other cities. The NGT bench said it will be a retrograde step and the dilution will also affect the human life and water quality of the rivers. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that the relaxed standards will deteriorate the water quality and degrade the environment.ДЄlso Read: Waste Management: Single Agency Should Maintain Stormwater Drains, Suggests IIT-Delhi The green panel said standards for effluent discharge, recommended for mega and metropolitan cities will also apply to the rest of the country and directed the MoEF to issue a notification in this regard within a month. New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to issue stricter norms for effluent discharge from sewage treatment plants (STPs).

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