NGT forms panel to verify claim of air pollution around AIIMS-Delhi

Updated: Mar 19 2023 5:43PM

New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel to verify the allegations of severe air pollution in and around the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here.

The NGT was hearing a plea which claimed that air pollution was jeopardising the health of the indoor as well as OPD patients, doctors and other staffers of AIIMS-Delhi.

The petition claimed statutory and administrative authorities failed to control air pollution around AIIMS.

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