National Green Tribunal has issued notice to Centre and Uttar Pradesh government, over construction on green belts in Ghaziabad area of the national capital region. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notices to the ministry of Environment and Forests ,Uttar Pradesh government, Ghaziabad Development Authority, UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) and others, seeking their replies within three weeks.<br/><br/>The green panel's notice came following a plea filed by Society for Protection of Environment and Biodiversity (SPENBIO) and Ghaziabad resident Sushil Raghav seeking demolition of unauthorized and illegal structures located on green belts in the city. The plea claimed that as per the Master Plan 2021 of Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) about 2,484 hectares out of 15,554 hectares (15.97 per cent) of the total area covered under the Master Plan was earmarked as green, but due to GDA's inaction, the green cover was getting reduced day after day. <br/><br/>The plea said most of the green belts under the Master Plan 2021 of GDA have been encroached, with illegal constructions scattered across such green belts and hazardous municipal waste dumped there. The plea has also sought directions to GDA, Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to stop any kind of disposal of municipal solid waste and discharge of sewage in Sai Upwan city forest.