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The green tribunal has listed the matter for further consideration on July 8, 2019. Decision may be taken within two months from today,” stated the order, which was passed on March 25.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been made a nodal agency in the matter. Both the long-term and short-term strategies have to be implemented in a time-bound manner and will go in a long way in groundwater recharge and proper management of fresh water resources,” said petitioner Harinder Dhingra.Gurgaon has already been marked as a ‘dark zone’ by the CGWA. Gurgaon: The National Green Tribunal ( NGT ) has directed a high-level committee to review the policy permitting supply of groundwater and canal water for commercial purposes in the city, and restricted further commecial use of such water.The directive came after RTI activist Harinder Dhingra filed a petition in the NGT, alleging that the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (earlier known as Huda) illegally permitted commercial use of drinking water in an amusement (water) park in Sector 29 The petition also claimed that the the amusement park authorities illegally installed tubewells to extract groundwater for commercial use. ‘Dark zone’ refers to an area where groundwater level has fallen beyond a prescribed limit.Over the past 20 years, the groundwater level has declined in the entire district and the rate of decline is 0.77 to 1.2metre/year.According to a CGWA report, the stage of ground water development in Gurgaon is 209%, which means that the net annual withdrawal is more than the net annual recharge..