Chandigarh, Aug. 11 -- The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has initiated action to recover Rs.1.06 crore in environmental compensation from the Sirhind Municipal Council over continued "violations" of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, including alleged dumping of municipal waste along the Hansla river, also known as Hansa river. The development has been reported to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in an additional affidavit filed in the original application number 16 of 2025, concerning the dumping of solid waste along the natural flood drain. The NGT had earlier taken serious note of the continued dumping and directed the authorities to take effective action. According to the PPCB affidavit, the board filed a complaint against the municipal council and its executive officer before the adjudicating officer-cum-secretary, department of science, technology and environment, under Section 15(C) of the Environment (Protection) Amendment Act, 2024. The Fatehgarh Sahib collector subsequently issued an order for recovery of Rs.1.23 crore imposed as environmental compensation for violations committed between July 1, 2020, and September 30, 2025. The amount is to be recovered as arrears of land revenue. The board's records also show that the compensation imposed on the civic body had reached Rs.1.08 crore for the period from July 2020 to December 2024, of which only Rs.18 lakh had been deposited. The compensation was imposed in several instalments for violations of the Solid Waste Management Rules. htc...