NOIDA, Aug. 8 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a show cause notice to the authorities for failing to enter their response in an ongoing case regarding concreting of road berms in Noida and Greater Noida, despite repeated directions from the tribunal, and asked the CEOs of Noida and Greater Noida to appear before it and explain why action should not be initiated against them for non-compliance of earlier orders.

The authorities' failure to respond has infuriated the tribunal, which had earlier directed them to take steps to prevent the practice of concreting road berms.

A case in this regard was filed before the NGT in May 2022 by environmentalist Vikrant Tongad, who raised concerns over the rampant concreting activities c...