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Recover damages for felled trees Lack of waste segregation
in Gurugram irks Tribunal
in Gurugram, NGT tells officials ‘Groundwater is also contaminated’
Staff Reporter up of the wastetoenergy
Direction comes on plea alleging over 2,200 trees were cut in a village near city New Delhi plant. The waste was not be
The National Green Tribu ing segregated.”
Staff Reporter when the green panel was count the cost of restoration nal on Friday summoned Stating that the report in
New Delhi hearing an application of the environment, apart the Gurugram Municipal dicates environmental dam
Following allegations of moved by petitioner Naresh from being deterrent for the Corporation Commissioner age and contamination of
2,200 trees being felled in a Yadav, who has alleged that violator.” and officials of the Union groundwater, the Bench
village near Gurugram, the despite lodging an FIR, no Environment Ministry over noted: “The wildlife and in
National Green Tribunal action was taken. “Grie ‘Against permission’ absence of adequate steps habitants of the area are af
(NGT) has directed the Prin vance of the applicant is that The report submitted to the for management of solid fected in terms of health, on
cipal Chief Conservator of mere registration of a crimi Tribunal said that “1,322 full waste in Millennium city. account of air pollution by
Forest to assess the damage nal case is not enough and trees and 921 undersized Following a report sub burning of waste or on ac
caused and recover an ap under the established norm trees were cut as against per mitted by the Central Pollu count of foul smell other
propriate amount as envi to assess and recover the ap of polluter pays, compensa mission for transplantation tion Control Board, a Bench wise.”
ronment compensation. propriate amount of com tion for the damage to the of 20 trees”. headed by NGT Chairperson “For such damage, ac
Noting a report submitted pensation having regard to environment must be reco “By receiving bribe, a for Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel countability is required to
by the Haryana Urban Deve the net present value of the vered, which should be ex est official overlooked the il stated: “There was huge ac be fixed. Penal action, in
lopment Authority (HUDA) loss in terms of ecological emplary and deterrent so legality, against whom a cri cumulated legacy waste and cluding prosecution and re
and the Principal Chief Con services forgone forever and that damage to the environ minal case has been there was no timetargeted covery of actual damages, is
servator of Forest, a Bench which may be deterrent for ment is not a profitable ac registered…” the report had plan to take remedial mea required apart from imme
headed by NGT Chairperson the law violator, apart from tivity,” the Bench noted. said. While directing author sures. Leachate was being diate remedial measures,”
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel the timber cost of the trees While asking regulatory ities to take action and sub temporarily collected in the Bench stated, while di
directed the regulatory auth cut, over and above the rate authorities to consider the mit a report in two months pipe and partially treated.” recting the Environment Mi
ority to recover the environ prescribed in the schedule requirement of undertaking time, the Bench added: “The The Bench added: “The nistry’s official incharge of
mental compensation. under the forest laws,” the compensatory afforestation, report shows commission of Ministry of Environment environmental clearance to
“We direct the Principal Bench stated. the Bench noted: “The com illegal activities, which are of had not yet granted environ come up with action plans
Chief Conservator of Forest The directions came pensation must take into ac serious nature.” mental clearance for setting to deal with the issue.
HC Judge Valmiki Mehta
passes away aged 59
Staff Reporter schooling from Kendriya Vi
New Delhi dyalaya, Vishakhapatnam.
Delhi High Court Judge Jus Thereafter he completed
tice Valmiki J. Mehta passed graduation in BCom (Ho
away on Friday morning nours) from Sri Venkatesh
due to cardiac arrest. He wara College, Delhi Univer
was cremated in the evening sity. Later he did his LLB
at the electric crematorium from Campus Law Centre,
in Nigam Bodh Ghat here. DU. He enrolled with the
“Justice Mehta’s demise is Delhi Bar Council in 1982
a big loss to the Bar and the and started law practice in
Bench,” the Delhi Bar Coun the same year.
cil chairman K.C. Mittal said As a lawyer, he practised
in a statement. in Delhi High Court, local
Justice Mehta is survived courts here and various tri
by his wife, two sons and bunals in civil matters.
two daughtersinlaw. Jus He assumed office as Ad
tice Mehta, born in Mumbai ditional Judge of Delhi High
on June 6, 1959, finished Court on April 15, 2009.
