For failing to manage solid and liquid waste in a scientific manner, the NGT fines Bihar Rs 4,000 crore

 

Bihar was fined Rs 4,000 crore by the National Green Tribunal for failing to handle solid and liquid garbage in a scientific manner.

A court led by Justice A K Goel ordered that the money be put in a ring-fenced account within two months and used strictly for the state's trash management, as instructed by the chief secretary.

The bench, which included experts Afroz Ahmad and A Senthil Vel as well as Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, declared: "We levy compensation of Rs 4,000 crore on the state on the polluter pays principle for its failure in scientifically managing the liquid and solid waste in violation of the mandate of law, particularly judgments of the Supreme Court and this tribunal."

According to the bench, the money will be used to establish solid waste processing facilities, remediate legacy waste, set up sewage treatment plants, and treat feces, sludge, and septage so there is no gap.

The NGT stated that there was a gap in the generation and treatment of liquid waste of 2,193 million liters per day, as well as a legacy waste of more than 11.74 lakh metric tonnes and 4072 metric tonnes of unprocessed urban waste each day.

Better options should be investigated to use the wet waste for composting at the proper sites. The NGT bench stated that the scope of spending for sewage treatment plants may be evaluated in light of true costs associated with decentralized/traditional systems or in other ways.