NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to pay a fine of Rs 45 crore for violating the environmental laws by constructing a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (NH-148NA) partly on a village pond in Nuh and cutting hundreds of trees in Gurugram.
“Execution of the work of the construction of highways, though in the public interest and public welfare but construction activities of highways in violation of environmental laws cannot be said to be in the public interest and public welfare,” Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava-led bench observed.
