New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted significant relief to Freedom Park Life AOA, developed by BPTP Builder, by sharply reducing the environmental compensation imposed on the society by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board.

The appeal, argued by Advocates Sumit Gehlot, T. S. Thakraon, Manju Gehlot and Abhishek Singh for the appellant, resulted in the Tribunal finding that the penalty calculation made by the Board was unjustified and unsupported by evidence.

The HSPCB had earlier imposed a penalty of Rs 1,55,62,500 on the housing society, alleging that its sewage treatment plant had remained non-functional for 415 days.

Advocate Sumit Gehlot noted that the malfunction occurred solely due to severe flo...