gurugram the haryana state pollution control board hspcb has showcaused two prominent real estate developers m3m india and supertech for allegedly defying a construction ban imposed across ncr by epca on mondayhspcb has also slapped a penalty of rs 550 lakh on each of them for carrying out construction work at their project sites in gurugram on tuesday and wednesday besides flouting construction norms laid down by the moefcc the epca had on monday banned all construction activities across ncr till wednesday in the wake of severe air quality however during raids in the city hspcb teams spotted construction activities at a supertech project site in badshapur and an mem work site on the spr on tuesday and wednesday respectively the construction work was immediately stopped and notices were sent to the developers said an hspcb officialif any person owner or builder is found to be violating any of the conditions stated in this order or for their noncompliance such person owner builder shall be liable to pay compensation of rs 5 lakh in relation to construction activity at its site and rs 50000 for violation during transportation of construction material debris on trucks and other vehicles as per section 15 of the ngt act you are hereby issued showcause read the notice a copy of which is with toi issued by hspcbfurther action will be taken against the builders if they fail to respond to the notice within 15 days despite strict instructions and the epcas ban on construction the two builders were found to be violating the norms we therefore sent them notices and will take strict action against them if they fail to respond and comply said an official of hscpb an official of m3m said the hspcb had wrongly sent the showcause notice to them and that the construction site on the spr where the alleged violations were detected belonged to prompt engineering a spokesperson for prompt engineering admitted that the project site belonged to them there were only 15 workers at the site on that day we can show the attendance sheet they were present for regular maintenance work which does not involve any construction activities such a limited number of people cannot do any construction work we are a responsible developer and adhere to all norms of ngt and will follow the same in future toosupertech could not be reached for its responsemcg fined 17 offenders collecting a total of rs 225 lakh for keeping construction material uncovered dumping waste in the open and burning garbage across the city gurugram recorded aqi at 347 very poor on thursday up from 310 on wednesday