While UPPCB had yesterday informed the tribunal that there

are 6,385 industries, out of which 1,072 are "seriously polluting", CPCB gave an old figure of only 700 industries along the stretch.

Advocate M C Mehta, who has filed a petition for cleaning of the river, had countered the claims of these agencies and said there are 1.47 lakh industrial units on this stretch.

The green panel has divided the work of cleaning the river into five segments -- Gomukh to Haridwar, Haridwar to Unnao (segment B of Phase-I), Unnao to the border of Uttar Pradesh, UP border to the border of Jharkhand and from there to the Bay of Bengal.

The Centre has allotted over Rs 2,000 crore under the Prime Minister's ambitious 'Namami Gange' project for the purpose of cleaning the river.

On October 19 last year, the NGT had constituted a joint inspection team comprising then member secretary of CPCB, the chief engineer of the UP Jal Nigam, a senior environmental officer from UPPCB and a representative from NMCG to collect information on the quantum and quality of waste being released into the river.

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