NGT directs Environment Ministry to overview environmental clearance for Gurugram housing venture

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to overview the environmental clearance granted for the enlargement of a bunch housing venture in Gurugram’s Sukhrali village.

The inexperienced physique was listening to a matter whereby the resident welfare affiliation (RWA) of the venture challenged the Haryana State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) granting environmental clearance (EC) for the enlargement of the venture.

A Bench comprising NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and member knowledgeable A Senthil Vel famous that the tribunal in 2021 fashioned a three-member knowledgeable committee to re-examine the environmental impression of the venture and submit its findings to the SEIAA for reconsideration.

The Bench, nonetheless, famous that the time period of the SEIAA had expired and a brand new authority had not been constituted.

It stated, “If the SEIAA is not constituted in the state, such an exercise is to be done by the MoEFCC in terms of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) notification.”

“We require the Union Environment Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to do the needful in compliance with the order of the tribunal dated May 31, 2021, and revisit the environmental clearance and go additional applicable order granting or not granting environmental clearance or imposing further circumstances,” the bench stated.

Granting eight weeks to the ministry for finishing the train, the tribunal listed the matter for additional proceedings on January 30, 2026.