Illegal construction on the green belts in Ghaziabad on Wednesday caught the attention of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Following which the construction of the club and the kiosks being carried by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on green space alongside the posh residential colony in the city has been stayed.
Delivering its interim verdict, the NGT on Wednesday forfeited the right to file the reply before the green court after the respondents GDA ignored to file reply during five hearing in last five months.
The respondents GDA, Housing Board, UPSIDC, UP Pollution Control Board and Municipal Corporation were asked to file reply on the petition filed by the society for protection of environment and biodiversity through its president Akash Vashishtha and one Sushil Raghav.
But the respondents didn’t file reply and continued seeking time to file reply. Today on Wednesday the green court getting angered over delaying tactics forfeited the right to file the reply and ordered to stay the construction on the site.
The petition raised issues of encroachments on green belt, dumping rubble and hazardous waste on green belt continuously across the city.
The petitioner further prayed to demolish and remove the illegal structure being built on the green belt.
It further prayed to stop any kind of disposal of solid waste and discharge of sewage waste in Sai Upvan and to order to reforestation on a massive scale. It further prayed to ask to submit all the records of plantation during last 10 years.