More than three months after the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, North served show-cause notices to the developers of Mayfield Gardens township here for carrying out construction in violation of environment law, the board has found the developers prima facie guilty and decided to move the court.
“We had received a complaint from Col (retd.) Dharam Vir Yadav regarding violation of provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification dated September 14, 2006, by the developers of the Mayfied Gardens and its associate companies. As per the complaint, the developers had got the revised layout plan approved for the area of 327.77 acres and started construction activity on the entire area without obtaining environmental clearance from the competent authority.
As per the complaint, environmental clearance was received only for 1.99 acre of M2K Park commercial project. We have prima facie found the builders guilty of the said violation and decided to file complaint to Environment Court,” said a senior HSPCB official, not willing to be identified.
The HSPCB had served the show-cause notices to the developers on August 19 seeking reply within 21 days.
The HPSCB officials also granted personal hearing to the builders on this matter recently and then decided to take the legal action.
Welcoming the move, Mr. Yadav said: “The EIA notification mandates that all constructions with a built-up area larger than 20,000 sq m and townships over a land area of 50 hectares, including expansion in any of the project, which crosses the threshold limits given in the schedule after expansion, have to be assessed by environmental agencies for its impact on the land, water and air quality, aesthetics, vegetation and socio-economic factors.”
