NGT flags delay in Gorakhpur effluent plant meant to protect the Ganga

NGT flags delay in Gorakhpur effluent plant meant to protect the Ganga

The National Green Tribunal was told on 19 August 2026 that a common effluent treatment plant meant to stop untreated industrial effluent from Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority's units reaching the river Ami, a tributary of the Ganga, remains delayed because Uttar Pradesh has not forwarded the revised detailed project report to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). NMCG's report to the tribunal said it is pursuing the state government and implementing agencies for expeditious processing of the report. The proposed plant, to be built in phases with an initial capacity of 2 million litres a day, would treat effluent discharged through the Saraya drain near Gorakhpur's Adilapur village.