India
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New Delhi, June 14: The Delhi government on Monday banned the sale, storage, transportation, and marketing of soaps and detergents not conforming to the latest BIS parameters to curb pollution in the Yamuna river.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had in January accepted recommendations of the Yamuna Monitoring Committee (YMC) which had suggested directing the Delhi government to issue orders “prohibiting sale, storage and transportation and marketing of detergents which do not conform to the revised BIS standards”.
The NGT had also directed to launch awareness campaigns about the harmful effect of using substandard soaps and detergents.
All the authorities concerned, including local bodies, civil supplies department and district administrations having control over shops and other establishments dealing…