PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a cost of Rs 33.75 crore on city-based Kumar Urban Developments Private Limited (KUDPL) and another Rs 2 crore on the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for causing damage to the environment and violation of environmental norms at the ‘Kumar City’ project site in Wadgaon Sheri.
A four-member principal bench led by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, on May 13, also restrained the project proponent (KUDPL) from proceeding with any construction over the project land “unless and until requisite statutory NOCs, consent and clearances are obtained from the respective competent authority in accordance with law”.