<span style="color: #222222;">The National Green Tribunal, NGT, has imposed a penalty of Rs 280 crore on 22 tanneries in Kanpur for causing pollution.<br />''<br />''A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also held the Uttar Pradesh government liable and slapped a penalty of 10 crore rupees on it.<br />''<br />''The green panel said, the problem has not been tackled for the last 43 years and it has resulted in contamination of groundwater affecting the health of the inhabitants.<br />''<br />''The NGT said the Central Pollution Control Board may issue appropriate directions to ensure that no authority allows discharge of polluted sewage or effluents directly into a water channel in violation of the law even in the monsoon.</span><br />