The Haryana government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that state authorities currently lack a statutory mechanism to recover unpaid environmental compensation (EC) imposed on polluting units as arrears of land revenue in a case concerning illegal ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants across the state.
“Tribunal may consider that no general direction deserves to be issued requiring the State of Haryana to deposit, from the public exchequer, the EC assessed against private violators which remains unrealised. In an affidavit placed before the tribunal on August 29 ahead of the hearing, Vasvi Tyagi, secretary to the environment and forest department, sought an exemption from any direction requiring the state government to bear the liability for EC that remains unrecovered from polluters. In January 2026, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) had proposed exploring the possibility of amending the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. Tyagi said the state government is now considering inserting a suitable enabling provision for recovery of EC in Section 98 of the Act in Haryana.
Especially in the case of offending units that have closed down and ceased to exist at the recorded premises,” Tyagi’s affidavit said.
