Addressing the gathering, Afroz Ahmad, expert member, National Green Tribunal (NGT), said every section of society, particularly religious leaders, must come forward to free the country’s rivers from pollution and illegal encroachments. He said the NGT has directed the authorities in Punjab and several other states to identify river land and remove illegal occupations.
Oriented almost precisely across the corridor through which northwesterly winds carry Thar dust toward the capital, the Aravalli range’s function today has been dismantled.