Following a plea alleging erosion of the Yamuna floodplain in Sonipat due to movement of heavy vehicles in the area, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to look into the allegations and submit a report on the same.
The committee will comprise Principal Secretary of the Haryana Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Member Secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board and Director of the Mines and Geology Department, said a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
The directions came when the green panel was hearing a plea which said that the policy of permitting heavy vehicles in the embankments of the river is “destructing the ecology.”
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“At the behest of mining companies, the Irrigation and Flood Control Department is not taking remedial action and permitting heavily loaded trucks to operate in the embankments of the river. Though there is a provision against operation of vehicles from July to September, this safeguard is also not being observed... This is a violation of ‘precautionary principle’ of environment law,” the plea alleged. Directing the committee to submit a joint report, the NGT said that it has to be submitted within one month.