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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of “serious wellness issues” of sewage contamination successful drinking h2o reported successful Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, based on multiple quality reports.
The NGT has issued notices to each 3 State governments and other agencies to record their affidavits connected the matter, according to an authoritative statement.
“The quality reports item alarming conditions wherever sewage h2o has mixed with drinking h2o pipelines owed to corroded and decades-old infrastructure. Cities successful Rajasthan including Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Banswara, Jaipur, Ajmer and Bora person reportedly been affected. Photographs accompanying the reports amusement drinking h2o pipelines passing done unfastened sewage drains, creating sedate wellness risks,” the connection issued connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) said.
The NGT said the quality study revealed that successful Greater Noida (Sector Delta-1), respective residents, including children, fell sick with symptoms specified arsenic vomiting and diarrhoea aft sewage contaminated with drinking water.
Fear of Indore-like situation
“Authorities reportedly repaired leaks and distributed medicines; however, residents expressed fearfulness of an Indore-like h2o contamination tragedy. The aforesaid study besides noted detection of E-coli bacteria successful drinking h2o successful parts of Bhopal, caused by sewage leakage into tube-wells,” the connection said.
At slightest six radical died owed to vomiting and diarrhoea caused by drinking contaminated h2o supplied done pipelines successful Indore metropolis of Madhya Pradesh recently.
The greenish tribunal observed that the issues raised impact “serious biology and nationalist wellness concerns” and prima facie bespeak violations of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
The Principal Bench of the NGT, comprising chairperson Prakash Shrivastava and adept subordinate A. Senthil Vel, has sought responses from authorities acrophobic successful Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, including their respective Pollution Control Boards and Regional Offices of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), arsenic per the statement.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has besides been directed to record a response.
The NGT said that the substance volition beryllium examined to guarantee accountability, compliance with biology laws, and extortion of citizens’ close to harmless drinking water.
