The Haji Ali Dargah

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice against the Haji Ali Dargah Trust yesterday to answer allegations that the shrine was illegally dumping waste in the Arabian Sea. The notice was issued after a band of law students from Pune filed a petition before the environmental court on January 23. Justice Jawad Rahim, chairman of the NGT, has given the dargah until March 5 to reply to the allegations. The petitioners are students of ILS Law College – Aamir Shaikh, Deepak Chatap, Vaishnav Ingole, Revati Bagade, Shraddha Savakhande, Rakesh Mali — who recently visited the Haji Ali Dargah and found the shrine and its surroundings in an unhealthy, dirty and unhygienic condition.