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Fill up pollution board vacancies by April: NGT to states and UTs

The NGT passed the order on Wednesday in a suo motu case on the functioning of state pollution panels across the country, their resource issues and large number of vacancies.

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The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) principal bench has directed all the states and union territories, except those in the National Capital Region, to fill vacant posts in state pollution control boards (SPCBs) and pollution control committees (PCC) by the end of April 2025.

The Tribunal also directed the SPCB’s and PCCs to provide adequate infrastructure to labs to make them fully functional. States falling in the National Capital Region have been left out of the NGT order as the Supreme Court is also hearing a case on the issue and had passed directions in the matter a fortnight ago.

The NGT passed the order on Wednesday in a suo motu case on the functioning of state pollution panels across the country, their resource issues and large number of vacancies.

“…we hereby direct that the State/UT not covered by the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 27.08.2024 will also fill up the posts lying vacant in the SPCBs/PCCs latest by 30.04.2025. All the possible efforts will also be made within this period to provide adequate infrastructure in the laboratories of the PCBs/PCCs and to make them fully functional,” the NGT order stated.

Nikhil Ghanekar

An award-winning journalist with 14 years of experience, Nikhil Ghanekar is an Assistant Editor with the National Bureau [Government] of The Indian Express in New Delhi. He primarily covers environmental policy matters which involve tracking key decisions and inner workings of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He also covers the functioning of the National Green Tribunal and writes on the impact of environmental policies on wildlife conservation, forestry issues and climate change. Nikhil joined The Indian Express in 2024. Originally from Mumbai, he has worked in publications such as Tehelka, Hindustan Times, DNA Newspaper, News18 and Indiaspend. In the past 14 years, he has written on a range of subjects such as sports, current affairs, civic issues, city centric environment news, central government policies and politics. ... Read More

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