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NGT Requests Reports on Aravalis Farmhouses from Haryana, Rajasthan

GURUGRAM: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) requested compliance reports from the Haryana Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and the Sohna Municipal Council during a hearing on Monday. Both entities were made respondents in an ongoing case addressing unauthorized construction and reconstruction activities in the ecologically sensitive Aravali hills of Raisina. Counsel representing Haryana and Rajasthan requested a four-week extension to submit their compliance reports concerning prior directions aimed at protecting the Aravalli hills. The bench approved this request, scheduling the next hearing for October 16. The bench, consisting of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert members Dr. A. Senthil Vel…

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NGT Notifies Builder, Haryana on Illegal Aravali Construction

GURUGRAM: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to a real estate company, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF), the Haryana government, the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), and the state pollution board regarding allegations of large-scale construction near the protected Wazirabad forest in Sector 54 of the city, without obtaining the necessary environmental permissions. The tribunal has instructed the Centre, Haryana authorities, and the real estate firm to submit their responses before the next hearing scheduled for November 10. A petition, accompanied by Google Earth images and photographs, reportedly shows construction activities on the boundary…