The green panel had directed the Delhi government to submit within two weeks an action plan on reduction of noise pollution caused due to heavy traffic near Panchsheel Park area.
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi government and the police to inspect Panchsheel Park in South Delhi and find ways to avoid massive traffic congestion in the area.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar pulled up the Delhi government and the civic bodies, including Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and municipal corporation, for not devising an effective plan to decongest the area.
"Have you ever thought of the reason why there is traffic congestion in the area and how to solve it? It road is congested 24 hours. Issuing challans is not a solution for the problem.
"Take Commissioner of Police, Joint Commissioner of Police (traffic), Secretary of Delhi's Transport Department and an official from DDA for inspection. Spend two hours there and then tell us how can you solve the problem," the bench said while posting the matter for further hearing on December 10.
When the counsel for the Delhi government sought a written order, the bench said, "Why do you need orders even for getting up from your chairs."
The directions came during the hearing of a petition filed by Omesh Saigal, a resident of Panchsheel Park, who alleged that noise pollution, generated due to heavy traffic flow on Outer Ring Road, was affecting the health of the people living in the area.
The green panel had directed the Delhi government to submit within two weeks an action plan on reduction of noise pollution caused due to heavy traffic near Panchsheel Park area.
The city government had earlier informed the bench that that the traffic police had placed speed interceptor vehicles at all the strategic locations to book over-speeding vehicles and a total of 3,120 vehicles were challaned and an amount of Rs 12,48,000 was collected.
All the challans were carried out from Panchsheel flyover to Chirag Delhi flyover for the period starting March 12 to August 28, 2015. For lane changing, 1,100 vehicles were challaned while a total of Rs 4,95,000 was recovered from vehicles challaned for improper parking, it had said.
The green bench had declared Panchsheel Park area as a "silence zone" and confined the speed of vehicles there to 30 kms per hour.