The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Centre, LG Polymers India Pvt and Central Pollution Control Board for the Visakhapatnam chemical factory gas leak incident.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph directed the state administration to hand over the illegally extracted coal to Coal India Limited (CIL) which will auction it and deposit the funds with the state government.
The Tribunal warned that if Volkswagen fails to pay the stipulated cost within 24 hours, its India head may be arrested and all his properties may be seized.
The National Green Tribunal imposed Rs 100 crore fine on the state government as a 'deterrent' and for its 'inaction' to curb illegal mining in the north eastern state.
The Tamil Nadu government had, on May 28, ordered the state pollution control board to seal and 'permanently' close the mining group's copper plant following violent protests over pollution concerns.
According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), Delhi's air quality is "very poor", and is likely to increase marginally in the next two days.
In an interview to Outlook, Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan says Dalit and Muslim communities are natural allies and they are both sufferers in the so-called hierarchy of the caste system.
