Rs 10 Crore Penalty for Violating Environmental Norms by NGT
The National Green Tribunal slapped a short penalty of Rs 10 crore on a Faridabad builder for violating environmental norms that causing pollution for the city. The penalty was imposed after observing that the “environment is priceless.
The green panel ordered the Haryana government and the state pollution control board to ban the project supporter – Smart Housing Pvt Ltd – from initiating such projects in the future until environmental norms are fully implemented.
The NGT also directed them to seal and take ownership of public use spaces in the ‘Vesta Heights’ project along with sealing and taking over of vacant flats. For detail reading, click HERE