India, May 18 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana government to examine the growing twin problems of waterlogging and groundwater depletion across the state and take remedial measures within six months, while observing that effective ground-level action against illegal groundwater extraction remained lacking.

A principal bench comprising Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert members Dr A. Senthil Vel and Dr Afroz Ahmad passed the directions while disposing of a petition filed by Haryana farmer Jai Singh under Sections 14, 15 and 18 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.

The petition, filed through advocates Gaurav Arya, Naveen Bamel, Harsh Goyal, Aakrshak Rathi and Manav Trivedi, sought constitution of a scien...