Counsel for the applicant informed the Tribunal that these directions were not complied with and cricket stadiums were using groundwater without the requisite no objection certificate (NOC). Further, he submitted that the stadiums had not set up rain water harvesting systems and had not explored the possibility of utilising STP treated water.
The Tribunal had in 2023 issued notices to the concerned stadiums and called for reports that had not yet been submitted.
Accordingly, as a final opportunity, it granted three weeks to the stadiums to file their responses.
Source: Barandbench
