Delhi 13 December (national desk)
NGT directed a joint committee to submit a report on Lassara drain pollution by December 14, 2023, failing which the district magistrate of Ludhiana would appear on the next date (December 15).The original application under Section 14 and 15 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 has been registered, considering the grievance that Jargari drain constructed by the villagers, crosses under the First Patiala Feeder Canal and outfalls into the Lassara drain. The Lassara, the petitioners added, is an interstate drain, has no outfall and it has become a pond.The stagnant water in the drain overflows and stands in the fields of the applicants and other residents of the area.
Further, an issue has been raised stating that stagnating water is leading to killing / drying of the trees in the area and that the test report of the sample of the untreated water shows that the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and faecal coliform were more than the prescribed standards. The sample had a BOD of 55 mg per litre against the prescribed 30 mg per litre and a faecal coliform level of 94,000 per 100 millilitres against the prescribed standard of less than 1,000.
