Tribune News Service
Panipat, September 26
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has imposed Rs 5-lakh fine on the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for allegedly violating environment norms.
Besides, the HSPCB served a show-cause notice to the NHAI under the air Act and to the HSIIDC, Kundli, in Sonepat district under the Solid Waste Management Act and also issued directions to clean the HSIIDC campus.
Plumes of dust
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Lapses in the management of solid waste in the HSIIDC industrial area at Kundli found
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Plumes of dust at construction sites on NH-44 from Panipat to Mukarba Chowk in Delhi
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The NHAI directed to control the spreading of dust on construction sites on the NH-44
Bhure Lal, Chairman, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), had last week pointed out several lapses in the management of solid waste in the HSIIDC industrial area at Kundli and also saw plumes of dust on several construction sites of widening project of the NH-44 from Panipat to Mukarba Chowk in Delhi when he visited Panipat and Sonepat last week.
The EPCA chairman had directed HSPCB regional officer Bhupender Singh Chahal to impose fine of Rs 5 lakh on the NHAI for violating norms.
Chahal said: "In compliance with the EPCA Chairman's direction, Rs 5 lakh fine has been imposed on the NHAI and a notice has been served to the Project Director, NHAI, for not following environmental laws properly under the air Act, 1981."
The NHAI has been directed to control the spreading of dust on various construction sites on the NH-44, he added.
Besides, a show-cause notice has been served to the HSIIDC, Kundli, under the Solid Waste Management Act for violating solid waste management rules and directions issued to clean the sites properly.
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