Faridabad/Alive News: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to 22 group housing societies and authorities, including the Haryana Pollution Control Board, Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), in connection with alleged dumping of untreated sewage in the open in the city.
The NGT has asked the respondents to submit their reply on July 29, the next date of hearing.
The NGT order comes in the wake of a petition by Varun Sheokand, a local environmental activist. In his complaint, the petitioner had alleged that the group housing societies in Greater Faridabad and Sainik Colony here had been dumping sewage in the open in the absence of a sewerage connection.
“Majority of the societies managed by builders and Residents Welfare Associations (RWA) had been releasing untreated sewage in open areas in violations of norms,” Sheokand said.
He claimed the societies had engaged hundreds of tractor-tankers to dump waste in the open.
