Penalty of Rs 7.25 lakh imposed in single day for flouting pollution norms

GURUGRAM: A penalty of over Rs 7.25 lakh was imposed on 29 violators on Saturday by the teams deployed to monitor implementation of measures to combat pollution in Gurugram through the government's Under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), which came into force on October 15. A team from the Municipal Corporation, Gurugram, visited Sector-27 and 42 and other locations on Saturday after several complaints were received from the residents of these areas. The complaints were related to flouting of environmental norms. Twenty nine violators were fined Rs 7.25 lakh during the spot inspection. The violators were warned by the civic body officials to comply with environmental regulations in construction activities. (IANS)

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