Appear in person: NGT to Gurugram, Faridabad civic commissioners over garbage issue

December 20, 2023 00:58

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The National Green Tribunal expressed its displeasure on Tuesday over garbage not being disposed of properly at the Bandhwari landfill site in Haryana and asked the commissioners of Gurugram and Faridabad municipal corporations to appear before it personally.

The next hearing in the matter will be held on Wednesday.

In the case of Poonam Yadav versus Ecogreen Energy Private Limited and Others, the bench of Justice Sudhir Agarwal directed the municipal commissioners of Gurugram and Faridabad to appear personally before the NGT.

The bench said pursuant to its order dated November 7, further reports were filed on behalf of the municipal corporations of Gurugram and Faridabad.

"However, we find from a perusal thereof that substantially, there is no improvement or change in the situation. The position of legacy waste is almost the same. Prima facie, we are satisfied that there is gross neglect on the part of the authorities concerned and they are consistently and continuously committing an offence by violating provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016."

"Under sections 16 and 17, where offences are committed by companies or government departments, the person responsible for the conduct of the business of the company in case of companies or the head of the department in case of a government department is deemed to be guilty of committing the offence under section 15," the green panel said. -- PTI

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