India, Feb. 25 -- The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) in an affidavit filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), has placed responsibility for delayed action against 22 real estate projects accused of illegal groundwater abstraction on the non-responsive project proponents (builders), and delayed coordination from the Greater Noida authority (GNIDA).

The affidavit was taken on record during a hearing held on January 27, 2026, before a bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A. Senthil Vel. The order and affidavits were uploaded on the tribunal's website recently.

The matter pertains to a petition filed by an applicant Prasoon Pant, alleging illegal extraction of groundwater by 22 ...