The Bench was hearing the Almitra Patel matter, regarding implementation of the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2016, and its directions have come after a warning was issued in April.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday slapped heavy compensation, ranging from Rs 3-7 lakh, on some of the plushest hotels in the city for flouting Municipal Solid Waste norms, and stated that if the norms are flouted again, these establishments will be shut down.
The list of hotels included Taj Palace, Taj Vivanta, and Holiday Inn among others. A two-member Bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, slapped the fines after reviewing the recommendations of an expert body, which had inspected the state of waste management by bulk generators, such as hotels, hospitals, colleges, and railway stations. Delhi generates as much as 14,100 metric tonnes of waste every day, as per official reports.
The Bench was hearing the Almitra Patel matter, regarding implementation of the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2016, and its directions have come after a warning was issued in April.
The tribunal imposed an environment compensation of Rs 7 lakh each on Taj Palace, Taj Vivanta, and Zorba Entertainment Private Limited in Gurugram. It imposed a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each on Ginger Hotel near New Delhi station, GK Motel Private Limited, Metropolitan Hotel, and the Lalit Hotel. Crowne Plaza in Mayur Vihar has to pay Rs 4.5 lakh, while Holiday Inn and Golden Palms Hotel have to pay Rs 3 lakh each.
The Bench also ordered all errant hotels to install sewage treatment plants (STPs), if not installed already, and to ensure their operation. Also, they are to install anti-pollution devices within two weeks.
The NGT had formed an expert committee that comprised representatives from Environment Ministry, Ministry of Urban Development, Director General of Health Services, Medical Council of India, Delhi Development Authority, Central Pollution Control Board, all municipal corporations of Delhi, Railways, and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
The expert committee formed sub-committees that inspected establishments across the four municipal corporation limits. The sub-committees found that though the hotels had provided for two-bin system in kitchens, they had failed to provide similar bins in guest rooms.
"Most hotels are failing in effective segregation of waste in two bins. Every hotel and banquet hall should provide regular training to kitchen and other staffers on segregation of solid waste in separate bins at the point of generation," the report stated.
The NGT had directed the expert committee to inspect all five-star hotels, hospitals with more than 200 beds, cooperative group housing societies with over 300 flats, markets, shopping malls with a built-up area of over 50,000 sqmts, and colleges with hostels accommodating more than 500 students in Delhi. The matter has now been listed for August 17.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "Lalit Hotel")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}