The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday said it had issued an advisory to the Centre and State Governments on preventing, minimising and mitigating the impacts of environmental pollution and degradation on human rights.
The NHRC said despite India “having one of the world’s best statutory and policy framework for environment protection”, the country was facing a serious problem of pollution and ecological degradation preventing the enjoyment of basic human rights. NHRC secretary-general Devendra Kumar Singh had written to the secretaries of the Union Ministries/Departments concerned, State Chief Secretaries and registrars of High Courts to implement the recommendations and send action-taken reports within three months.
The advisory focuses on the punishment of polluters; prevention and mitigation of vehicular pollution; and transparent processing of approvals and clearances under environmental laws.
