Batching plants on Yamuna: NGT notice to Larsen & Toubro.

Heeding to the plea of an environment activist who moved the National Green Tribunal against the operation of concrete-manufaturing plant on Yamuna flood plains , the green panel sought a response from an engineering and construction major on the issue.

A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued a notice to Larsen & Toubro which is carrying out the extension of the third phase of Barapullah Elevated Road across the Yamuna.

Advocate Kush Sharma, appearing for Delhi Development Authority (DDA), told the bench that the allotment for the batching plant near Sarai Kale Khan here was done as per the Tribunal's order.

'One of the sub-groups of the Principal Committee, constituted by the Tribunal, comprising the landscape officer and the Chief engineer (EZ) of DDA had visited the site in question.

'After noting the violations (blocking the flow of Yamuna) by the batching plants, DDA wrote to the Public Works Department and the project proponent in this regard. We were assured that the needful would be done,' Sharma said.

The matter is listed for next hearing on October 30.

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