The Green Panel has slapped a fine of 50 lakh rupees on five units of Amroha-based drug firm Jubilant Life Sciences for discharging untreated effluents in the open and extracting ground water beyond permissible limits.<br/><br/>The National Green Tribunal passed the order after noting the findings of a special inspection team which informed that effluents discharged in the Bagad river were beyond the prescribed limits.<br/><br/>The NGT asked Central Ground Water Authority to inspect the premises of the drug firm and report whether ground water extraction was being done as per the law. It also made it clear that industry should not be permitted to withdraw any water in excess of the permission granted in terms of quantum and quality.<br/><br/>It also imposed a fine of 15 lakh rupees on Gajraula-based Insilco Ltd for damaging the environment.<br/><br/>Earlier, the NGT had ordered closure of 13 industries in Uttar Pradesh after inspections found them violating pollution norms.