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meof for more fine for water polluters
Admitting that the penalty of `10,000 for polluting water bodies was not adequate, the Environment Ministry on Tuesday told a Parliamentary committee that it seeks to steeply hike the fine to deter offenders. Environment Secretary T Chatterjee appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the issue of water pollution and said the Ministry was working on a proposal to steeply hike the penalty which could be several times higher than the Rs 10,000 prescribed in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, sources said.
Admitting that the penalty of `10,000 for polluting water bodies was not adequate, the Environment Ministry on Tuesday told a Parliamentary committee that it seeks to steeply hike the fine to deter offenders. Environment Secretary T Chatterjee appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the issue of water pollution and said the Ministry was working on a proposal to steeply hike the penalty which could be several times higher than the Rs 10,000 prescribed in the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, sources said.
