The National Green Tribunal has directed the Goa government to pay Rs 16 lakh each to the families of four teenage boys who drowned in a waterlogged stone quarry while on a picnic last year.

The #NationalGreenTribunal (#NGT) has directed the #Goa government to pay Rs 16 lakh each to the families of four teenage boys who drowned in a waterlogged stone quarry while on a picnic last year.

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The state Mines and Geology Department was ordered to recover the said money from the operators of the illegal stone quarries in Goa following the 'polluter pay' principle.