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  • Encroachment from the banks of ponds and lakes now not got rid of even after NGT order, petitioner writes letter to Leader Secretary

    Ghaziabad: Quite a lot of directions are given to the federal government equipment through the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal associated with atmosphere and air pollution. However those directions aren’t adopted. An identical is the case with the Karkar fashion, the place a petition was once filed within the NGT on behalf of an area resident, Sushil Raghav, to take away encroachments from the banks of more than a few water our bodies like lakes and ponds.

    On his petition, the NGT had issued an order in March 2021 to the Leader Secretary of UP and DM Ghaziabad to do so in all of the subject and make sure the elimination of encroachments from the banks of all of the lakes and ponds. The petitioner alleged that no motion has been taken even after two years of this order of NGT. Now relating to this, he has once more written a letter to the Leader Secretary of UP and DM Ghaziabad to get the orders of NGT adopted.

    Sushil Raghav advised that if the orders given through NGT aren’t adopted, he’s going to record a contempt case towards all the ones accountable. Bringing up the previous file of encroachment, Sushil Raghav mentioned that during his letter he has cited a letter submitted through DM Ghaziabad relating to encroachment in 2020. Wherein DM Ghaziabad himself advised that no matter lake or pond is there, as much as 72.90 % of the realm on their banks is encroached. Because of which this lake and pond aren’t handiest getting polluted, the bottom water stage may be getting polluted.

    There are a complete of 261 ponds, lakes, wells and so forth. in whole Ghaziabad, out of which handiest 46 water resources are loose from encroachment. DM Ghaziabad Ritu Maheshwari had indisputably taken motion within the 12 months 2021 at the order of NGT in Arthla, however this motion was once now not taken from the extent from which NGT had issued the order. Sushil Raghav advised that there are lots of puts like Arthla Lake, Makanpur Talab, and so forth., the place there are numerous encroachments and motion must be taken right here.