A three-member committee formed on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to check illegal groundwater extraction by hotels with lodging facilities has recommended penalties on 84 such establishments in Ghaziabad. The fines, calculated with a five-year retrospective effect, range from Rs 10-50 lakh per hotel.
RO supply firms, industries, and car wash centres are illegally extracting groundwater. "We have complained of illegal groundwater extraction in colonies like Vasundhara, Vaishali, Indirapuram, Kaushambi, Brij Vihar, Surya Nagar, etc.
Our steps for sustainable groundwater management are in the right direction and these are bringing a paradigm shift towards positive change
“Even as life cannot sustain without water, virtue too depends ultimately on the rain”-Tiruvalluvar. Rain, when infiltrates the earth s surface and
The tribunal noted that the show cause notices issued to violators were withdrawn and not acted upon in breach of rule of law and environmental norms, and that the clear violation needs to be remedied.
The principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed a joint committee to take remedial action against alleged illegal groundwater extraction by 536 hotels operating in Paharganj area of.