Shimla, June 4 -- The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi has issued a notice to pharmaceutical manufacturer Morepen Laboratory Limited following allegations of environmental violations at its facility in Himachal Pradesh.

The principal bench of NGT, comprising chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava, and Dr Afroz Ahmad (expert member), took cognisance after hearing the original application filed by a local, Lekh Singh, a release issued here said.

The application accuses the company's manufacturing plant at Tiron village in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district of operating generator sets and machinery that produce noise pollution well beyond legally permissible limits. To support these claims, the petitioner su...