India, Nov. 8 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) at a October 30 hearing granted the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and the Noida and Greater Noida authorities four more weeks to file the updated verification status of 22 real estate projects regarding their source of water supply.

The matter pertains to a petition, filed by applicant Prasoon Pant, and a complaint alleging rampant illegal extraction of groundwater in several construction projects across the twin cities. The recent hearing in the case was held on October 30 before the tribunal's principal bench comprising chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel.

NGT noted that out of the 63 projects examined by a joint committee, 22 were e...