Pay Rs 4.8cr environment compensation, oil cos told

Hyderabad: National Green Tribunal appointed joint committee has recommended Rs 4.8 crore environment compensation to be collected from five Edible oil industries in and around Krishnapatnam port.
The applicant, Isanaka Vedavathi, submitted a representation to the NGT stating that the edible oil units have caused pollution.
The committee was first appointed in March 2020 to ascertain the status of functioning of edible oil refinery units at Krishnapatnam. It inspected the edible oil units in October 2020 and submitted the report during December 2020.
Of the seven units operating in the region, five edible oil units raised objections to the committee report. NGT in February 2021 directed the committee to go into the objections and come with their findings on that aspect. The committee convened a meeting with the edible oil units in March 2021 to understand the issues raised by them.