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UP Fines 5 Jaggery Units on Charges of Polluting

By Outlook Planet Desk November 11, 2020

Five jaggery-making units have been sealed and fined Rs 1 lakh each on Friday for allegedly not adhering to anti-pollution norms in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, authorities said.

UP Fines 5 Jaggery Units on Charges of Polluting
UP Fines 5 Jaggery Units on Charges of Polluting.
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Five jaggery-making units have been sealed and fined Rs 1 lakh each on Friday for allegedly not adhering to anti-pollution norms in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, authorities said.


A team led by sub-divisional magistrate raided several units and found five of them burning polythene and tyres in Khedi Firozabad village, Regional officer of the Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Department, Ankit Singh, told PTI.


The raids were conducted based on information that some units were violating anti-pollution norms, Singh said.

 


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