Jindal Steel Ordered To Pay Rs 2 Crore For Stealing A River In Odisha

Jindal Steel has been ordered to pay Rs 2 crore for stealing a river in Odisha. The National Green Tribunal said Jindal Steel and Power Ltd had changed the natural course of Kurdabahali Nullah and interfered with nature. This change cannot be restored.

On 26th November, 2021, the NGT ordered JSPL to pay Rs 2 crore for killing a waterbody in Angul district of Odisha. It had to deposit 50 lakh with OSPCB and 1.5 crore with the Odisha forest department, reported Down to Earth.

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