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New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today warned of halting the capital’s metro services as it slammed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for not complying with its order on extraction of groundwater without permission . A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar took strong exception on the issue of metro stations extracting ground water without due permission. The court directed the Environment Ministry, Central Ground Water Authority, DMRC, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and advocate Kush Sharma, counsel for the applicant, to jointly find out how many stations were withdrawing groundwater without proper permission and sort the approvals. “Just because you are DMRC doesn’t give you license to extract water without permission. You people sit together and find out how many stations are operating with or without requisite permission…You sort it out, or else we will stop the running of these trains,” the bench observed. National Green Tr...

Mumbai: Alleging that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has commenced work for construction of Metro car depot inside Aarey Colony starting Friday, environmentalists have written to the suburban collector alleging that MMRC has no permission to carry out work and the matter being sub judice in National Green Tribunal (NGT) there is a status quo order for Aarey Colony. However, the MMRC claimed that it is conducting activity in conformity with an appropriate legal framework Biju Augustine, of the Aarey Conservation Group, said, “The MMRC is illegally commencing the work and we have brought it to the notice of the suburban collector and the Aarey police station that has asked MMRC to stop the work. How can the MMRC commence work if orders have been passed by the NGT to maintain status quo. MMRC spokesperson, in a statement issued on Monday, said, “MMRC conducts its activities in conformity with an appropriate legal framework. The state government has handed over this la...