BENGALURU: The issue of a fire breaking out at Bellandur Lake came up before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday. While hearing the case, the bench, headed by Justice Kumar rejected the request of Bangalore Apartments Federation (BAF) to stay all the notices being served on apartments by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board for installation of sewage treatment plants, until the arguments in the case were heard and disposed.
Justice Kumar enquired about the status of the case. Mr Sajan Poovayya, counsel for Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), said that the foundation has already filed their objections to the state government’s report and the matter is to be heard for directions.
The NGT had asked the government to file a report on the action plan to rejuvenate the lakes by the end of this year. The report filed by the regulatory agencies in September said that the rejuvenation can only be done by December 2020 and not by December 2017. The tribunal listed the case for final arguments on December 15.
