NGT Directs NTPC Power Plant To Deposit 10 Crore Interim Compensation For Dumping Fly Ash In Rihand Reservoir [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed NTPC Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, situated in Madhya Pradesh, to deposit a sum of Rs. 10 crore with the State Pollution Control Board, towards interim compensation for environmental damage. The direction has come in an application filed by Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, in wake of a breach in the "Fly Ash Dyke" of the...