NGT gives 2 more months for report on Kullu hotels violations

  • | Wednesday | 12th September, 2018

There cannot be a plea of deficiency of funds as these can be collected by way of penal action, it added. Whatever is required to be done for the purpose may be done by the state. SHIMLA: While hearing a matter related to water and air pollution caused by hotels besides encroachments and violations by them in Kullu planning area, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday turned down the request for a long adjournment made by Himachal Pradesh government to comply with the orders issued on July 16. On this, the tribunal observed that if 1,000 hotels were required to be inspected and only 166 had been inspected so far, which was less than 17%, then the work could not be appreciated.“A welfare state cannot afford to adopt such attitude when the lives of peoples are getting affected. It cannot claim the luxury of seeking more time repeatedly without performing its constitutional and statutory duties,” it added.The tribunal said that the plan of the state must be meaningful and equal to the taste and it sees no justification to give more than six weeks to complete the entire task.

SHIMLA: While hearing a matter related to water and air pollution caused by hotels besides encroachments and violations by them in Kullu planning area, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday turned down the request for a long adjournment made by Himachal Pradesh government to comply with the orders issued on July 16. As a last resort, the tribunal has given two months time for compliance.Principal Bench of the tribunal headed by its chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that if the order still remained uncomplied in two months, then the chief secretary of Himachal shall be required to be present before it and made accountable.During the July 16 hearing, the NGT was informed by the counsel about the submission of reports that covered 166 hotels of the total 1,000. On this, the tribunal observed that if 1,000 hotels were required to be inspected and only 166 had been inspected so far, which was less than 17%, then the work could not be appreciated.“A welfare state cannot afford to adopt such attitude when the lives of peoples are getting affected. It cannot claim the luxury of seeking more time repeatedly without performing its constitutional and statutory duties,” it added.The tribunal said that the plan of the state must be meaningful and equal to the taste and it sees no justification to give more than six weeks to complete the entire task. Whatever is required to be done for the purpose may be done by the state. There cannot be a plea of deficiency of funds as these can be collected by way of penal action, it added. The tribunal further said that manpower could accordingly be hired and more teams constituted, which could work on simultaneous work on a war footing as health and life of the people was the primary concern of a welfare state.In the July 16 order it had been observed by the tribunal that apart from inadequacy of the steps so far taken, it also found that the report submitted was not complete.

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