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300+ Gurugram Projects Violate Norms, Bypass STP Checks

GURUGRAM: More than 300 real estate and commercial projects in the city have failed to install the mandatory analysers on their sewage treatment plants (STPs). Documents obtained through the RTI Act reveal this includes several prominent group housing societies, IT parks, and shopping malls. STP analysers are essential for an environmental management system, providing real-time data on critical parameters such as pH levels, chemical oxygen demand (COD), and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), to ensure wastewater treatment complies with discharge standards. The list, revealed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) in response to an RTI request from local resident…

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HC Asks Noida Authority: OCs for Lotus Boulevard Granted Without STPs?

NOIDA: The Allahabad High Court has instructed the Noida Authority to provide a comprehensive affidavit detailing the process by which occupancy certificates (OCs) were issued for the Lotus Boulevard project, despite claims concerning incomplete sewage treatment facilities. This order, dated July 7, was in response to a petition lodged by the apartment owners’ association, which asserted that the essential sewage treatment plants (STPs) were not operational when the certificates were granted. The bench, comprising Justices Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Vinod Diwakar, has mandated that the Authority’s CEO submit the affidavit by the next hearing scheduled for July 16. The report…