Provide order of VDS granting concessions to hotel borewells: NGT to Delhi govt
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to provide the competent authority's order regarding the voluntary disclosure scheme, which reportedly granted concessions to hotels for operating borewells. Provide order of VDS granting concessions to hotel borewells: NGT to Delhi govt The green body was hearing a matter regarding illegal extraction of groundwater by 536 hotels in Paharganj. In an order dated November 22, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted the submissions of the counsel for the Delhi government about the VDS being framed "at a meeting by a committee" and that she would place on record the scheme along with the competent authority’s affidavit. The bench also comprising judicial member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member A Senthil Vel noted the counsel’s submission that the illegal borewells in some hotels or guesthouses, as per a list by the Delhi Jal Board, would be sealed within 10 days.
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