Summary:
The tribunal had also asked about the action taken by the state government and pollution control board in this regard. Whatever is required to be done for the purpose may be done by the state. The report of June 13 mentions inspecton of 25 more hotels, taking the number to 41.The counsel appearing for the state government had informed the tribunal that the reports submitted so far covered 166 hotels of a total 1,000. SHIMLA: Expressing displeasure over the failure of Himachal Pradesh government officials to inspect all hotels of Kullu-Manali in compliance of the order issued earlier, the National Green Tribunal ( NGT ) has observed that a welfare state cannot afford to adopt such attitude when the lives of the peoples are at stake. It cannot claim the luxury of seeking more time repeatedly without performing its constitutional and statutory duties.“The plan of the state must be meaningful and we see no justification to give more than six weeks to complete the entire task..