Summary:
Offering a capacity of 2,500 pilgrims at a time like the Lucknow Haj house, Ghaziabad Haj house will have arrangements for foreign exchange, immigration, medical aid and other amenities for the pilgrims. Located at the Arthala village near Hindon river, the Ghaziabad Haj House is an under-construction seven-storey building. A separate administrative block is also being constructed. "No particulars of floodplain in terms of its physical characteristics and biological components - which would signify the character of the said pieces of land in question as a floodplain - have been placed before us. NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has junked a plea seeking demolition of a building for Haj pilgrims in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, noting that the structure does not fall on the floodplains of river Hindon.A bench headed by acting NGT chairperson Justice U D Salvi (retired) dismissed the petition filed by an NGO and a Ghaziabad resident claiming that the land where the Haj house was being constructed was recorded as 'Hindon River' in the revenue records of village Arthala in Ghaziabad..