India, March 28 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to all respondents over the death of seven individuals in a fire at a firecracker factory in Loni after an RTI reply by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) indicated that the factory lacked the required environmental clearances from UPPCB.

NGT was hearing a petition which sought compensation, and was filed by Shakil Saifi and three others whose family members died in the fire in Loni's Roop Nagar in September 2023.

In its March 25 order, uploaded on March 27, NGT stated that the applicants' counsels relied upon a February 7 RTI reply by UPPCB, which indicated that "as per the said reply, the firecracker unit did not have the requisite environmental cle...