February,23,1017:
Supreme Court has directed that all the industrial units which are situated in severely polluted areas across the country to install the primary effluent treatment plants within three months, failing which they would be shut.
Apex Court Bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has also directed municipal corporations and the other local bodies to put up advertisements to ask these industrial units to install treatment plants.
In a series of directions, Apex Court has also asked State Pollution Control Boards to take criminal and civil action against the defaulters.
SC expounded that defaulting units will be allowed to resume the operations only when they install these treatment plants.
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