New Delhi: National Green Tribunal Monday directed the Haryana government to stop within three months of abundant waste in the Hamparan Delhi-Agra Highway and warned coercive acts if there was a failure.
Bench, headed by Chairman of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, said that overflowing from Seekri Village on the highway described the failure of a clear authority in upholding the rights of citizens who were clean and safe.
“This problem was highlighted in the media more than a year and the court passed first order on January 7th last year.
It is difficult to accept that for one and a half years even tender problems cannot be resolved, even though the importance is so large urgency.” The application is there One tender or no person available to carry out work shows a lack of awareness about environmental care.
No prohibition on work awards to one tenderer has been taken to our notification.
Also there is no balance of urgent works that are being executed by the department, “the bench said.
The court said it gave a long time line, without a firm commitment was also an interested problem and failure of the authorities in this issue.” Thus, a case Made to take the steps of coercion against the officers concerned for such a serious failure and attitude.
“However, with the last chance, we provide three months for meaningful improvement measures, failing where the court will be left without other choices except to continue personally to the Department of Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayat, Haryana, which should be in a position for Improve the situation, “Bench said.
NGT also directed the addition of the Chief Secretary, Development and Department of Panchayat, Haryana to stay present directly through video conferencing with compliance status on December 7, the next hearing date.
The court passed the order after consuming news articles published in the British newspaper report which highlighted that the waste from Seekri Village in Faridabad Regency in Haryana was flowing to the service road and on Jalan Delhi-Agra Highway.
The request said that the flood road hampered the movement of the vehicle, emitting a foul odor, causing diseases and accidents that were transmitted through water on the highway.
“Pipes and waterways are often choked for throwing garbage in the open channel, which leads to the flow of waste to the service road,” said the request.
NGT directs Haryana to stop the waste overflow
