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New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken steps to address the deteriorating air quality in the national capital by issuing notice and requesting action-taken reports from various authorities.

NGT issues notice, seeks action-taken reports on deteriorating air quality in Delhi

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed an 8-member Fact Finding Committee to investigate the Ludhiana gas leak, which caused 11 deaths, and has sought a report within one month.

NGT forms 8-member committee to investigate Ludhiana gas leak; seeks report in 1 month

The National Green Tribunal bench head Justice Adarsh Goel has said that even after repeated orders, there was no step taken by the Punjab government

Big Blow to Punjab Government: Fine of Rs. 2,000 crores imposed by National Green Tribunal over waste management

The Tribunal passed the orders based on the 'Precautionary' principle.

NGT imposes nationwide ban on firecrackers where air quality falls in 'poor', 'very poor', 'severe' categories

The decision came in view of Covid-19 and increasing air pollution.

NGT imposes a strict ban on firecrackers from midnight to November 30 in Delhi, nearby areas

The NGT had directed the Environment Ministry to issue a notice within two months on banning RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water as below 500 milligrams per litre.

National Green Tribunal to environment ministry: issue notification in 2 months to ban RO purifiers

Even as the political battle over Delhi's water woes continues, a trade organisation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) purifier makers has knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court against a ban on the use of RO filters in several parts of Delhi

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