India, May 8 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Punjab state pollution control board (PSPCB) to investigate if the municipal corporation's Hot Mix Plant in Haibowal is violating environment laws in response to the public action committee's application to the tribunal.

The committee had written to the NGT on April 10 flagging pollution from the plant and alleging that it was built on greenbelt/park land in violation of the environment laws. The NGT has said that the allegation raised serious questions with regards to the environment. "The averments made in the application raise substantial questions relating to the environment arising out of the implementation of the 1 enactments specified in Schedule-I to the National ...