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00:00For the beauty of the city, crores of rupees were spent on interlocking tiles, but the environment has been destroyed, which has now been shown by the NGT.
00:10Trees have been cut down, especially those trees whose roots have been cut off by interlocking tiles, where water is not going, water is not living in the ground, has now been shown by the NGT.
00:23We have Kapil Lallora with us, who is a social activist, who has filed a case against the NGT. What is the decision now?
00:30Which interlocking tiles are these? Are these from the Smart City Project or any other project?
00:34Sir, the first case that was filed was on 10th March, 2021.
00:42It was filed by the Public Action Committee.
00:46In that case, the decision was made to remove one meter of interlocking tiles from the trees.
00:52But as you know, after that, more than 100 crore rupees were spent on interlocking tiles.
00:57These funds came under the National Clean Air Programme.
01:01In that case, the tiles were installed near the roads, and so many tiles were brought there.
01:06Instead of cleaning the air, they caused a huge loss to the environment.
01:12Ground water table was damaged in this.
01:15Secondly, there are shrubs near the roads.
01:19These shrubs absorb the pollution of the roads and settle it on the roads.
01:25That work is also over. There are no shrubs left.
01:29They intentionally did this, despite the NGT's orders,
01:36because the departments and the governments are united.
01:39Because they feel that money comes from this.
01:42That's why they do this. Otherwise, they don't follow the court's orders.
01:46If a common man does this, he will be condemned.
01:49These people are just wasting their lives. They have no fear.
01:52What has been decided now? They say that the tiles are to be replaced.
01:55What kind of tiles have been instructed to be brought now?
01:58What do you think about the way the interlocking tiles have been brought?
02:00It seems that the water has already been damaged.
02:02And there are other losses as well.
02:04Sir, the tiles that have been brought have been installed in solid concrete.
02:09The NGT's order is that perforated tiles should be installed.
02:13So that the groundwater table can be recharged.
02:20Another benefit is that the road tiles will not be installed.
02:23You will see that the maximum number of tiles that have been installed,
02:27especially in the inner areas,
02:29such as BRS Nagar, Rajguru Nagar, Pagasi Nagar,
02:33they have brought the tiles from the roads.
02:36This means that the water will be stored on the roads.
02:39First, the groundwater table was damaged.
02:41The second road will be water-locked.
02:43The road will be damaged due to water-locking.
02:45Then the third road will go into the sewerage.
02:47The sewerage will overflow.
02:49Then they will say that the capacity of the sewerage has been cut.
02:51I am seeing their situation now.
02:54Because the engineers do not design on their own.
02:57The design that the contractor does,
02:59as long as it is guaranteed,
03:02it will continue.
03:04After that, their situation will be like this.
03:06The overall situation is that the Punjab government
03:09is very serious about the environment.
03:14We are doing a lot of work for it.
03:16The most devastating thing is that
03:18in the first two and a half years, the AAP government has come.
03:21They have damaged the environment more than the Congress.
03:26Sir, what is the solution to this?
03:28What instructions has the NGT given?
03:29When is the time given?
03:31Secondly, don't you think that the people's tax money has been wasted?
03:36Because once the tiles are brought,
03:38then they will collect it and buy new ones.
03:40It seems that if this was done in a planned manner,
03:43then this would not have happened today.
03:45Sir, I am telling you,
03:47even before the NGT left,
03:49we have been sending them emails.
03:51We have been approaching them to install perforated tiles
03:54so that there is space for water to flow and everything else.
03:58Now, the NGT has given instructions
04:00that the solid concrete tiles should be replaced
04:03with perforated tiles.
04:05Plus, the space around the trees should be left
04:08with a mandatory 1-metre shutdown.
04:10Because, as you said, the roots
04:13do not absorb water on their own.
04:17They need minerals.
04:18That is not the only thing.
04:19But the water, according to the roots,
04:21goes down to the ground faster.
04:23And this is because the ground above is solid
04:27and water cannot go down there.
04:29And the roots do a better job of recharging.
04:32And let me tell you,
04:33they have installed tiles worth 100 crores
04:35in the last three years.
04:36And people's pocket money,
04:38the tax they have paid,
04:40that is their money.
04:41And they have made such a big deal out of it.
04:45Even today, if you look at Mal Road,
04:48the tiles that are installed in the parks
04:50are solid tiles.
04:52We saw that yesterday as well.
04:53And we are making all these records.
04:56And very soon,
04:57in section 26 of the NGT,
04:59in section 26 and 28,
05:01we are going to issue a petition
05:03against the department,
05:04whether it is the Improvement Trust,
05:05or GALADDA,
05:06or the Municipality.
05:07We are going to issue the next petition
05:09on 31st January,
05:11which is the deadline set by the NGT.
05:14After 31st January,
05:15we are going to prepare our evidence
05:17and execute it.
05:19And we are going to impose a penalty on them.
05:21We are going to do that.
05:23Sir, one last question.
05:24In which areas are these tiles installed?
05:26In which areas are these tiles installed?
05:28Sir, let me tell you about the areas
05:30that are not installed.
05:32The main post localities are
05:34Surabha Nagar, Gurudev Nagar,
05:36BRS Nagar, Rajguru Nagar,
05:38Rishi Nagar, Tagore Nagar.
05:40Then we have this road,
05:42the GNI Road,
05:44the Gil Road.
05:45On the Gil Road,
05:46they have installed tiles.
05:47They have done dangerous work on the tiles.
05:49They have made it totally concrete.
05:51And in the NGT,
05:52even though they keep posting photos of us,
05:55they have continued their work there.
05:57Even in the back side of Zone C building,
06:00which is their parking area,
06:02they have completely covered the trees there.
06:05The situation is such that
06:07they only see their commission to the engineers.
06:09On one side, they write in the court
06:11and on the other side,
06:12they write to the contractor in the tender
06:13that they want to remove every meter.
06:14If it is not removed,
06:16then why don't you break it?
06:18Along with that,
06:19there should be a compensation for the environment.
06:21When it is against the tender
06:23and against the court's order,
06:25there is no action being taken.
06:26It is just an eye wash.
06:27They just save their time
06:29and say that they will be transferred.
06:30We will take our commission and leave.
06:32This is the situation here.
06:33Sir, if the NGT is strict,
06:34do you think the tiles can be removed?
06:36Sir, if the NGT is strict,
06:37definitely,
06:38the NGT has given the order.
06:39Because the environment is being damaged.
06:41We will try to get the NGT's order.
06:44We have brought good orders from many places.
06:46In Batala,
06:47the NGT has also given the order
06:49to take action against the department.
06:50In Ludhiana,
06:51we have also requested for action.
06:54Kapil was telling us
06:56how the regular tiles
06:58have been destroyed.
07:00The interlocking tiles
07:02are made of concrete,
07:03which has caused a lot of damage to the environment.
07:05The water that flows into the ground
07:07is going into the sewerage.
07:09It is going into the sewage
07:11or somewhere else.
07:12This has caused a lot of damage to the water.
07:14This is why they have said
07:15that if the NGT is strict,
07:17we will submit all the evidence
07:19to the NGT.
07:20After the NGT,
07:21the action will be taken.
07:22On Nagar Nigam,
07:23on Improvement Trust,
07:24and on Ludhiana as well.
07:25Varinder Singh, TVPART, Ludhiana.