The National Green Tribunal (NGT)Bench headed by Justice Swantanter Kumar ordered on Friday April 10,2015
“Every corporation or
authority vested with the power of sanctioning plans for construction of
any commercial, residential or even construction of small plots would
(ensure) the builder strictly complies with directions contained in this
order as well as the MoEF guidelines of 2010.”
It
added, “We make it clear that even if constructions have been
started…but is being carried out without taking the preventive and
protective environmental steps…the State Pollution Control Board or any
officer of any department shall be entitled to direct stoppage of
work.”
Notices
shall be issued to builders to put tarpaulin on scaffolding around area
of construction, not storing construction material, particularly sand,
on any part of the street, roads in any colony. Dust emissions from
construction site will have to be controlled.
Sprinklers
must be compulsorily used at the site and wet jets in grinding and
stone cutting. Builders must also put up green barriers and wind
breaking walls around their sites.
Further,
every builder will have to provide masks to his construction workers and
those labourers involved in loading, unloading and carriage of
construction material.
“Every
owner or builder shall (also) be under obligation to provide all
medical help, investigation and treatment to the workers involved in the
construction… (in the event of health issues) relatable to dust,” the
order added.
The
bench pointed out that the Expert Committee it had constituted to
collect samples from 36 different sites in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh had reported significantly exceeding parameters. Nitrogen
dioxide was found to be 146-208 μg/m3 in Faridabad against the
prescribed standard of 84 μg/m3.
Particulate Matter 2.5 went up to 1284 μg/m3 compared to prescribed standard of 60 μg/m3 in Delhi.
Carbon
dioxide in Delhi was found to be 7.81 μg/m3 over the set value of 2
μg/m3. The bench, on Friday, had some directions for the authorities
too, “The corporations — DDA, HUDA, NOIDA, Greater NOIDA Authority — and
all other instrumentalities of the state shall make all efforts to
increase their ‘tree cover’… Delhi shall take immediate step to enhance
the capacity of its plant for reutilisation and recycling of
Construction & Demolition waste
The NGT also imposed a hefty fine for anyone found to be on the wrong side
of law. Any person, owner or builder found to be violating the order
shall pay Rs 50,000 per default over construction activity at the site.
Non-confirmation
as regards transportation of construction material in trucks without
protective cover would invite a fine of Rs 5,000.
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