India, Oct. 28 -- Delhi Jal Board told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that work on the Shahdara drain pipeline under the Interceptor Sewer Project was 90 per cent complete, but remained stalled pending permission to resume construction.

Two new sewage treatment plants with a combined capacity of 60 million gallons per day are planned for Delhi's Trans-Yamuna area, while two existing Yamuna Vihar plants failed to meet prescribed effluent standards.

West Bengal's State Environment Impact Assessment Authority told NGT that stand-alone brick kilns do not require prior environmental clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006.

NGT ordered a joint committee to investigate a non-functional sewage treatment plant in Bhopal following complain...