The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to as many as 13 cement companies on a petition alleging that they were violating its orders and environmental norms as well as the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, by causing air pollution.
Petitioner Neena Pradeep has also accused the cement companies of overloading their trucks with cement and clinkers in order to save toll tax.
The Union government, Delhi government, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Central Pollution Control Board and the Ministry of Transport, appearing on advance notice, sought time to file reply to the petition.
During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel, Abhishek Vikram, highlighted the violation by Shree Cement and JK Cement in particular. The latter two had allegedly overloaded trucks by 200 to 250 per cent.
