India, July 28 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted the Greater Noida authority (GNIDA) four weeks to submit a report about alleged constructions in Greater Noida in violation of environmental norms, while also directing the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to verify and submit a report about two projects that are continuing despite closure orders in the same time.

A bench of justice Prakash Shrivastava, chairperson, NGT, and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad issued the orders on July 23 while hearing an application filed by Rajendra Tyagi, a former municipal corporator, alleging that illegal and unauthorised constructions were underway in Noida and Greater Noida in violation of environmental norms despite the NGT's e...