Lahore High Court makes electric bikes scheme conditional with environmental NOC

Lahore High Court (LHC) has made the scheme of distribution of electric bikes among students conditional to obtaining an environmental NOC, reports Geo News.

Justice Shahid Karim said during a heating of a case against smog and environmental pollution that the distribution scheme of motorcycles will be subject to environmental NOC.

The High Court said that not getting environmental NOC before the project is a criminal offence because the problem of environmental pollution is serious and cannot be ignored.

The court has extended the suspension of the lottery for the distribution of electric bikes among the students.

The court has ordered all parks in the city to be fully restored and secured, saying that fines should be imposed to restore and secure the parks.

Apart from this, the court has also ordered to allocate another place for buying and selling birds.

The court ordered the restoration of the LDA K7 sports complex and also directed to reduce the fees of LDA clubs.

The court expressed displeasure over the cutting of trees and destruction of a rose garden in a private housing society and ordered the LDA to submit a report on the cutting of trees.

The court sought a detailed report from the Punjab government by May 27.