Item No. 16 Court No. 1 BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI Original Application No. 772/2024 (I.A. No.519/2025)

News item titled “3 sleeping after finishing shift killed in blaze at Narela factory 6 injured” appearing in The Times of India dated 09.07.2024 Date of hearing: 04.08.2025 Order uploaded on: 22.08.2025 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CHAIRPERSON HON’BLE DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER HON’BLE DR. AFROZ AHMAD, EXPERT MEMBER Respondents: Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta & Ms. Ananya Basudha, Advs. with Ms. Mahima Tomar (Through VC), SDM, Narela, Distt. North Ms. Suman Arora, Adv. for CPCB

ORDER

1. This Original Application (OA) was registered suo-moto on the basis of the news item published in Times of India dated 09.07.2024 disclosing the breakout of a fire in a Moong Dal processing factory in Narela Industrial area in North Delhi, resulting in the death of three persons and injury to six persons. It was disclosed in the news item that the blaze was followed by an explosion on the premises, and nearly 90 firefighters were deployed to douse the blaze. It discloses that firemen had recovered a dozen gas cylinders from the building, and if these