https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=44786 The National Green Tribunal directed all states and union territories to follow the Uttar Pradesh guidelines to prevent indiscriminate concretisation of roadsides, road berms and areas around trees until new state/UT rules are framed, citing harms to groundwater recharge, soil ecosystem and biodiversity and urban heat island effects; the UP guidance prescribes permeable or semi permeable paving, prioritisation of stabilised soil and granular sub bases, limits on permanent hard surfacing in parks and footpath width and drainage measures, and the Tribunal ordered communication of these directions to chief secretaries and pollution control bodies. en-us Mon, 26 May 2025 19:31:03 +0530 Mon, 26 May 2025 19:31:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=44786 The National Green Tribunal directed all states and union territories to follow the Uttar Pradesh guidelines to prevent indiscriminate concretisation of roadsides, road berms and areas around trees until new state/UT rules are framed, citing harms to groundwater recharge, soil ecosystem and biodiversity and urban heat island effects; the UP guidance prescribes permeable or semi permeable paving, prioritisation of stabilised soil and granular sub bases, limits on permanent hard surfacing in parks and footpath width and drainage measures, and the Tribunal ordered communication of these directions to chief secretaries and pollution control bodies. News - Mon, 26 May 2025 19:31:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=44786