India, April 23 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and others regarding non-compliance of its directions against the discharge of untreated sewage and wastewater from Uttar Pradesh's Vrindavan and Kosi towns into the Yamuna River.

A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert members A Senthil Vel and Afroz Ahmad was hearing a plea seeking execution of the tribunal's December 2021 order directing authorities to revamp the sewage-treatment infrastructure, remove encroachments and undertake plantations to secure the river.

Advocate Akash Vashishtha, who appeared before the tribunal for applicant Vijay Kishor Goswami, the head priest of the Shri Ra...