NGT forms panel to assess enhanced compensation to be paid by Gurgaon builder for violation of green laws

The National Green Tribunal has constituted a committee to assess the enhanced compensation to be paid by a builder for construction in the green area in a housing complex in Gurgaon in violation of environmental laws.

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel formed a committee comprising representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.

"The committee appointed by this tribunal needs to go into the question whether in the light of the original Deed of Declaration based on sanctioned plan for housing complex in the area of 10.98 acres complex with stipulated open area, revised plan enforced after allotment apartments to the applicants illegally deprived the applicants of their right to ecological services as per the original plan as well as liability for compensation on account of violation of law prohibiting change of common area to the detriment of environment only