The tribunal has directed the government to submit the ATR on the dumping ground of 100 bigha land, where Howrah city’s municipal waste have been dumped for years, by 23 May.
The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Odisha Government agencies in Nayagarh district to reclaim the encroached patches reserve forestland and slap environmental compensation against the violators for damage caused to forest classified land.
Despite the ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), rat-hole coal mining continues unabated in Assam, particularly in the central part of the state.
The existing interim DSR, which was being used to justify sand mining, was invalid as it had not been submitted to SEIAA for approval, the NGT reiterated in the order.
The original application was registered suo motu by the green tribunal on the basis of the news item titled "Saving Kashmir Brown Bears is a Race Against Time Wildlife SOS and J&K Wildlife Protection Dept. take challenge" appearing in a media outlet in July 2024.
The NGT’s direction came in the wake of a petition moved by Alekha Chandra Tripathy, a resident of Cuttack. The petitioner had drawn the attention of the green panel and had alleged that the authorities of JSPL’s steel plant filled up the Kurdabahali Nalla with earth and built its industrial complex thereon.
The inspection was carried in pursuance to the directions of NGT and suggesting remedial action for preventing discharge of sewage and dumping of solid waste on the banks of Doodganga River and Mamath Kull.
Acting on a petition moved by Kshitish Kumar Singh, a division bench of NGT comprising Justice Amit Sthalekar and judicial member Saibal Dasgupta issued notices to central and State government agencies returnable within four weeks by ruling that ‘the matter requires consideration’.
Senior advocate Anand Grover, amicus curiae in the case, had opined that the NGT cannot exercise suo motu powers on the basis of letters, representations, or media reports.
The NGT’s Eastern Zone branch, Kolkata ordered disciplinary action against the revenue officer for criminal complicity, causing gross economic loss to the State exchequer and environmental degradation.
