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The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) were instructed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to explain if a joint committee had investigated alleged environmental infractions in a Worli SRA project. Skylark Buildcon and Oberoi Realty had been prohibited from selling apartments under the project's free sale component by an order issued by the NGT last year until it had supplied 500 parking spaces for the slum rehabilitation structures.
The committee had been instructed by the tribunal to take the appropriate corrective action in response to suspected environmental clearance violations at the SRA project on Annie Besant Road in Worli. The NGT requested clarity after admitting a recent execution application submitted by two residents of the building housing the component for slum repair. In response to alleged non-compliance with its earlier order to provide 500 parking places for the slum rehabilitation structures it issued a notice to the SRA chief executive officer and others.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and developers were also given notice by the NGT Western Zone, Pune bench of Justices D K Singh and Vijay Kulkarni. The NGT issued the notices after hearing from attorney Aditya Pratap on behalf of applicants Santosh Patil and Manoj Salvi. Aniruddha Kulkarni an attorney representing SEIAA came before the NGT and took notice. Citing a February 2022 NGT judgment, the duo requested to seek orders preventing the developers from selling any additional apartments until the requirement to provide 500 parking spaces was met.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is a specialized court in India that was established in 2010 to deal with cases related to environmental protection and conservation. The NGT is the principal judicial body that is responsible for enforcing laws related to the protection of the environment in India.
The NGT was created under the National Green Tribunal Act of 2010, which was enacted to address the growing concerns regarding environmental degradation and the lack of a specialized court to handle environmental cases. The NGT is headquartered in New Delhi and has regional benches in various states across the country.
One of the key features of the NGT is its speedy resolution of environmental cases. The NGT has a mandate to dispose of cases within six months of their filing. This has helped to reduce the backlog of environmental cases that were pending in regular courts for years.
The NGT has also been involved in several high-profile cases, such as the Yamuna pollution case, which dealt with the pollution of the Yamuna River in Delhi, and the Vizag gas leak case, which dealt with the gas leak at the LG Polymers plant in Vizag.
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