Updated On: 20 September, 2020 08:45 PM IST | Panaji | IANS
Goa-based oncologist Shekhar Salkar said that the step taken by the NGT was "pathbreaking" and in sync with healthy and sustainable environment practices

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The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication on Sunday welcomed the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to lay down guidelines for disposal of cigarette and bidi butts within three months.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Secretary of the anti-tobacco organisation, Goa-based oncologist Shekhar Salkar said that the step taken by the NGT was "pathbreaking" and in sync with healthy and sustainable environment practices.