NEW DELHI: Delhiites were given an extra reduction on Monday as National Green Tribunal (NGT) stayed until July 19 the proposed felling of timber for redevelopment projects in south Delhi colonies.
The tribunal ordered the ‘establishment’ passed by the Delhi top court docket on June 25 to be maintained and issued notices to several businesses, including National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), central public works division (CPWD), Union atmosphere ministry, Delhi forest division and Central Pollution Control Board, and requested them to reply prior to July 19, the next date of listening to.
A bench headed by the acting NGT chairperson, Justice Jawad Rahim, additionally directed the undertaking proponents to make a express statement and inform the panel the “actual” choice of timber proposed to be reduce.
The tribunal used to be listening to 3 petitions on the similar subject, including one filed by NGO Society for Protection of Culture, Heritage, Environment, Traditions & Promotion of National Awareness that sought a keep on the tree felling and quashing of the projects’ environmental clearances.
The petitioner, Anil Sood, has claimed that environmental clearance has been granted for seven general-pool residential colonies with out taking into account the conceivable adverse impact on the ecology within the areas. It said the clearance has been granted for colonies in Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Nauroji Nagar via NBCC and in Kasturba Nagar, Thyagraj Nagar, Srinivaspuri and Mohammadpur via CPWD.
Planting of saplings at some other location as compensatory afforestation would now not cut back the environmental burden, the plea added.
Sood, the NGO’s president, claimed the Centre had given the clearance with out making an allowance for several elements, similar to inhabitants density and the affect of slicing 16,500 timber on the ambient air quality within the area. “This is a small victory for the folk, but we will be able to stay combating till we will be certain no tree is reduce,” he said. “We have requested for some time to supply further main points.” The other two petitioners are Green Circle, an NGO, and Utkarsh Bansal, a Delhi resident.
Under the projects, just about 16,000 timber are deliberate to be reduce, including around 11,000 timber in Sarojini Nagar, consistent with the environmental affect assessment file.
The top court docket on June 25 stayed the felling until July 4, the next date of listening to at HC. “Can Delhi today come up with the money for slicing down of such a lot of timber for a housing complex? We may just perceive if it used to be a road-widening work, which is inevitable,” it had requested.
Welcoming the NGT keep, Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted that although Union city building minister Hardeep Puri just lately introduced that the sensible city undertaking would be re-planned to keep away from additional fellings, “NBCC’s advocates have been opposing the petitions and had now not placed any redesign plan”.
AAP appealed to the Centre to keep up a correspondence to the Delhi forest division about its resolution to re-plan the undertaking.
The tribunal ordered the ‘establishment’ passed by the Delhi top court docket on June 25 to be maintained and issued notices to several businesses, including National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), central public works division (CPWD), Union atmosphere ministry, Delhi forest division and Central Pollution Control Board, and requested them to reply prior to July 19, the next date of listening to.
A bench headed by the acting NGT chairperson, Justice Jawad Rahim, additionally directed the undertaking proponents to make a express statement and inform the panel the “actual” choice of timber proposed to be reduce.
The tribunal used to be listening to 3 petitions on the similar subject, including one filed by NGO Society for Protection of Culture, Heritage, Environment, Traditions & Promotion of National Awareness that sought a keep on the tree felling and quashing of the projects’ environmental clearances.
The petitioner, Anil Sood, has claimed that environmental clearance has been granted for seven general-pool residential colonies with out taking into account the conceivable adverse impact on the ecology within the areas. It said the clearance has been granted for colonies in Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Nauroji Nagar via NBCC and in Kasturba Nagar, Thyagraj Nagar, Srinivaspuri and Mohammadpur via CPWD.
Planting of saplings at some other location as compensatory afforestation would now not cut back the environmental burden, the plea added.
Sood, the NGO’s president, claimed the Centre had given the clearance with out making an allowance for several elements, similar to inhabitants density and the affect of slicing 16,500 timber on the ambient air quality within the area. “This is a small victory for the folk, but we will be able to stay combating till we will be certain no tree is reduce,” he said. “We have requested for some time to supply further main points.” The other two petitioners are Green Circle, an NGO, and Utkarsh Bansal, a Delhi resident.
Under the projects, just about 16,000 timber are deliberate to be reduce, including around 11,000 timber in Sarojini Nagar, consistent with the environmental affect assessment file.
The top court docket on June 25 stayed the felling until July 4, the next date of listening to at HC. “Can Delhi today come up with the money for slicing down of such a lot of timber for a housing complex? We may just perceive if it used to be a road-widening work, which is inevitable,” it had requested.
Welcoming the NGT keep, Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted that although Union city building minister Hardeep Puri just lately introduced that the sensible city undertaking would be re-planned to keep away from additional fellings, “NBCC’s advocates have been opposing the petitions and had now not placed any redesign plan”.
AAP appealed to the Centre to keep up a correspondence to the Delhi forest division about its resolution to re-plan the undertaking.
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