The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal, comprising Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), Justice Sudhir Agarwal (Judicial Member) and Dr Senthil Vel (Expert Member) in the suo motu case related to 11 dead in Ludhiana gas leak has directed the Ludhiana district magistrate (DM) to pay ₹20 lakh each to the kin of the deceased as compensation who had lost their lives in a gas leak incident that occurred in Ludhiana's Giaspur locality on April 30.
The Bench expounded that the State has to pay compensation in absence of identified private operators with liberty to recover the same from persons found responsible. The State is under obligation to ensure compliance of environmental norms for safety of citizens. The compensation has to be paid within one month.
The Bench also constituted an eight member fact-finding joint Committee to be headed by Chairman, Punjab State PCB which will act as nodal agency for coordination and compliance.
The Bench listed the matter for further consideration on 13.07.2023.
Case Details
Case:- Original Application No. 327/2023
Judge: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel , Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Dr Senthil Vel
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