India, May 17 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana Government to address the State's "twin environmental crisis" of large-scale waterlogging and severe groundwater depletion within six months.

Disposing of an application filed by Jai Singh, the Principal Bench of the NGT - comprising Judicial Member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Members Dr A Senthil Vel and Dr Afroz Ahmad - instructed the Haryana Chief Secretary to treat the petition as a formal representation. The tribunal ordered the Government to consult all stakeholders, hold hearings, and initiate appropriate remedial action.

The application highlighted how decades of unscientific and ecologically unsustainable water management, rooted in the water-in...