NGT Directs Pollution Probe Committees for Jharkhand Brick Kilns and Rajasthan Waste
The National Green Tribunal on 13 and 15 April 2026 constituted separate inspection committees for alleged industrial pollution violations in Ramgarh, Jharkhand and for enforcement of the new Solid Waste Management Rules 2026 in Rajasthan, while directing West Bengal's Pollution Control Board to inspect allegedly illegal brick kilns in Barabani. Each committee must submit a factual action taken report within six weeks.
The eastern bench of the NGT directed a two-member committee comprising representatives of the District Magistrate of Ramgarh and the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board to investigate complaints that sponge iron factories in Ramgarh, specifically Bihar Foundry Casting and Gautam Ferro Alloy, are spreading 400 to 500 grammes of coal dust daily onto residential properties. Both units are alleged to be operating illegally. The matter will be next listed for hearing on 15 July 2026.
The Solid Waste Management Rules 2026, effective from 1 April 2026, require bulk waste generators producing over 100 kg of waste daily including central government departments, local bodies, hotels, hospitals, malls and residential societies to manage their own solid waste disposal. The NGT's Central Bench took up the matter on 15 April 2026 and constituted a joint committee with representatives from Rajasthan's Urban Development Department, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board to examine compliance and enforce the rules.
In West Bengal, the NGT directed the State Pollution Control Board to depute an officer to inspect the Barabani area following a complaint that Raja Bricks, JMB Brickfield and GRC Brickfield are operating without environmental clearance near Joyamdanga, Barabani station and Bhanora. The complaint also alleges illegal encroachment on agricultural land and forest extraction of topsoil in violation of environmental norms. If violations are confirmed during inspection, the Board is directed to initiate legal action.
Key figure — 400-500 grammes of coal dust spread daily by Ramgarh factories onto residential areas
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