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SC warns BCCI on reforms doing so. He said the steps being taken liable for its restoration in all respects,
by the units had started showing re- the NGT said in its order.
The Supreme Court remained firm on markable results. Javadekar said the
early implementation of the Justice closed industrial units can be allowed Hazare, trustees of NGO
Lodha panel's recommendations for to resume operations if they take all suspended
reforms in BCCI and said it would not the actions required of them.
brook any delaying tactics. Social activist Anna Hazare and other
He said industrial pollution in Ganga trustees of his non-governmental orga-
Closure notices to 150 had come down by about a third. nization (NGO), Bhrashtachar Virodhi
units on Ganga for flouting Jan Andolan' have been suspended for
norms Graft convicted employee not dropping the word "anti-corrup-
must get back wages: Ma- tion" from its name.
The government has issued closure dras HC
notices to 150 industries on the Ganga Joint charity commissioner of Pune re-
River that had not adhered to the new Madras High Court has ruled that an gion, Shivkumar Dige, had in June last
pollution standards and not installed employee removed from service be- year directed NGOs to drop 'anti-cor-
real-time effluent discharge monitor- cause of a graft conviction by a trial ruption' references from their names
ing systems as mandated by the Cen- court is entitled to back wages if he and threatened to suspend the trust-
tral Pollution Control Board. wins his appeal in an appellate court. ees if they refused to comply with the
It also said that if the employee wins order.
Among those asked to shut operations the plea on merit, he can continue his
are 68 tanneries in Kanpur, nine sugar service. "As my order was not complied with,
units, six slaughter houses, 28 textile the trustees are being suspended till
units and six paper and pulp industries. NGT fines Art of Living Rs. final orders in the case. The inspector
These 150 units were among the 764 5 cr; gives nod for event at the trust registration office in
industries that were identified as the Ahmednagar is being appointed as its
major culprits of industrial pollution in The NGT imposed a fine of Rs. 5 crore administrator," Dige said in an order
the Ganga. on the Art of Living foundation while passed three days ago.
giving it a go-ahead to hold its event
Environment Minister Prakash on the banks of Yamuna. For the dam- Dige had served notices to 20 NGOs in
Javadekar, said barring these 150 units age caused to the environment, ecol- Pune division, asking them to change
all the others had adopted the new ogy, biodiversity and aquatic life of the their names after receiving complaints
standards or were in the process of river, the Foundation should be held about these organizations 'blackmail-
"Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their
potential."
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