Noida: The Uttar Pradesh government has sought two weeks from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to file a fresh affidavit in the Hindon river pollution case, as the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has placed on record details of 13 complaints registered against officials over the discharge of untreated sewage into the river basin.
Separately, UPPCB informed the tribunal that a joint committee of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and UPPCB inspected 20 sewage treatment plants (STPs) across the Hindon basin. Eight were categorised as non-compliant with standards prescribed under the environment ministry’s October 13, 2017 notification. Samples were collected between September 22 and October 13, 2026, and analysed for parameters including biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and faecal coliform.
In its affidavit dated October 31, UPPCB said it had registered complaints under Section 43 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, in connection with the “unauthorised discharge of untreated municipal sewage into the Hindon through city drains”. The eight plants are located in Saharanpur, Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar, according to the affidavit.
