The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to ascertain whether sub-regional plans for protection of Natural Conservation Zones (NCZs) are in consonance with the regional plans prepared by the National Capital Planning Board.
Nodal agency
A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to be the nodal agency and hold a meeting within 30 days.
“Since it is stated on behalf of Haryana that its report will be submitted within one month, the said report may be taken into account. Similar reports may also be furnished by the other States. The Secretaries of Urban Development Departments of the States will be responsible for submitting sub-regional plans. The matter may thereafter be finalised as far as possible within three months,” it said.
The committee will comprise officials from the Environment Ministry, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Central Pollution Control Board, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation and officials from the State governments of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.
