NGT: National Green Tribunal upset as directions to curb pollution not followed | Ghaziabad News

GHAZIABAD: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), while hearing a contempt plea filed by an RWA body on the issue of pollution in Kaushambi, has declined to give the district administration and other civic bodies time for the compliance of its earlier order.

Taking a stern view on the March 21 report by an expert committee stating that none of its recommendations have been complied with to check pollution in the township, the green body will hold another hearing on 29 August.


"We filed a petition with the NGT two years ago, and it had formed a committee to trace the source of pollution in the township, which recommended measures to curb pollution," said Vinay Kumar Mittal, president of Kaushambi Apartment Residents' Welfare Association (KARWA).

"But the agencies involved did practically nothing to implement the recommendations, forcing us to file a contempt plea in August last year. After a series of hearings, the court on Monday refused to grant more time to them for implementing the expert committee's recommendation," Mittal added.

The NGT had directed the district administration, UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to follow the recommendations.

KARWA had filed a petition with the NGT alleging that the level of pollution, both noise and air, had reached alarming levels due to the presence of Anand Vihar Bus Terminal and Kaushambi bus depot in the vicinity of the township.

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