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Housing projects in Haryana flouting environmental norms: NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on February 14, 2020 directed Haryana's chief secretary to urgently review the mechanism for monitoring compliances of environmental norms by group housing projects in the state.

"Safeguards may include requirement to furnish guarantees, including personal guarantees by the directors of the project proponents, so that the state machinery is not helpless to remedy the situation after the project is complete and the project proponent has left, leaving the authorities and the inhabitants without any ...