India, July 11 -- New DelhiThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday expanded the scope of its suo motu proceedings on uranium contamination by impleading the Delhi government and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) after taking note of a report highlighting elevated uranium levels in the Capital's groundwater.

The tribunal's principal bench was hearing a suo motu case initiated on the basis of a news report on uranium detected in breast milk in six districts of Bihar. During the proceedings, it also took judicial notice of a separate report on groundwater contamination in Delhi.

The report, based on the Central Ground Water Board's (CGWB) Annual Ground Water Quality Report 2025, stated that 24 of the 83 groundwater samples c...