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UP: NGT forms committee; seeks report over disappearance of 1095 ponds in Kanpur Dehat

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Lucknow: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint Committee and sought factual reports regarding the disappearance of 1095 ponds in Kanpur Dehat.

The bench headed by NGT Chairman Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel in an order passed on April 19 said, "We constitute a joint Committee comprising of State Pollution Control Bureau Director, Fisheries Department, Uttar Pradesh and District Magistrate, Kanpur Dehat."

The Tribunal also said that the committe to meet within two weeks and furnish its facts and actions taken in the matter within two months.

It may be necessary to inventory the ponds, give them unique identification numbers and codes and locate them appropriately on the District map and make a remedial action plan for their restoration in terms of maintaining water quality and restoring fisheries, the Tribunal directed.

The petitioner Meghraj Singh through a plea stated that the survey of ponds was conducted in 2011-12 for fisheries. 1975 ponds were found suitable for fisheries but hundreds of ponds encroached upon.

Petitioner further stated that 900 ponds have been encroached on by influential persons including those in Akbarpur Block, Bhognipur Tehsil, Rasoolabad Tehsil, Sikandara and Derapur Block. The applicant also filed a complaint before the District Magistrate, Kanpur Dehat but no action was taken, the plea stated. (with ANI inputs)

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