NGT directs UP govt to file its reply in illegal operation of brick kilns in the state

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After none of the respondents including the governments of Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan and Delhi, besides Union environment ministry filed their replies over illegal operation of brick kilns in the four states, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday gave them the time of one more week as a last chance to file their affidavits.During the last hearing on February 7, 2018, the tribunal had also directed the state pollution control board of each of the four states to inspect all brickfields mentioned by the petitioner in his plea and examine as to whether they are complying with the environmental norms or not, but that order was also not complied with.The tribunal redirected the respondents to comply with the directives passed in the last hearing.