Shimla, Aug. 5 -- The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi has issued a notice to an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing unit Kiinvan Pvt. Ltd. following allegations of environmental violations at its facility in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district.

The bench took cognisance after hearing the original application filed by a local, a release issued here said.

According to the plea, the company situated at Solan's Palasra village allegedly obtained Environmental Clearance (EC) by submitting incorrect information in its Form-II application, including claims that the unit would not generate effluents and that no water body existed nearby.

The applicant, Dharminder Singh along with 9 others, in th...