Jalandhar, Aug. 12 -- The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Jalandhar municipal commissioner to pay the pending environmental compensation of Rs.3.6 crore to the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) at the earliest. "PPCB had levied a Rs.4.6 crore on the MC for non-compliance with solid waste management rules of 2016, out of which only Rs.90 lakh was paid and the balance is pending, despite several reminders from the PPCB," the tribunal said. The NGT has further directed that the PPCB will ensure that environmental compensation recovered from the municipal corporation, Jalandhar, is utilised expeditiously for the environmental restoration measures as per the plan in the same district and preferably within six months from today. Meanwhile, the NGT has also ordered removal of the garbage dump near the PPR market within a period of four weeks. This order was given while disposing of a case regarding the garbage dump opposite the cremation ground in Model Town, which was earlier removed....