New Delhi: National Green Tribunal slaps Rs 15 crore fine on hospital
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New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed an environmental compensation of Rs 15 crore on a charitable hospital in Dwarka here for beginning construction without environmental clearance (EC).
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that Human Care Charitable Medical Trust, owner of the hospital, would be liable to pay 5 per cent of the project cost which is Rs 300 crore.
The 380-bed Human Health Care Charitable Hospital has a total built-up area of more than 46,000 sq metres on a plot of 9,545 sq metres.
The green panel had constituted a committee comprising Member Secretaries of Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and others and directed them to submit an inspection report within four weeks.
"The amount of compensation shall be deposited with DPCC and would be utilised for restoration and restitution of environment and ecology, subject to orders of the Tribunal," the bench said and directed the hospital to stop any further construction.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that Human Care Charitable Medical Trust, owner of the hospital, would be liable to pay 5 per cent of the project cost which is Rs 300 crore.
The 380-bed Human Health Care Charitable Hospital has a total built-up area of more than 46,000 sq metres on a plot of 9,545 sq metres.
The green panel had constituted a committee comprising Member Secretaries of Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and others and directed them to submit an inspection report within four weeks.
"The amount of compensation shall be deposited with DPCC and would be utilised for restoration and restitution of environment and ecology, subject to orders of the Tribunal," the bench said and directed the hospital to stop any further construction.
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