NGT sets up panel to probe kidney-related deaths in Odisha’s chromite mining belts
The committee will visit the sites in question and submit its report on an affidavit regarding the allegations made in the complaint letter within four weeks.
The committee will visit the sites in question and submit its report on an affidavit regarding the allegations made in the complaint letter within four weeks.
RTI activists Srikant Paikal and others had moved the apex green tribunal alleging that Sambalpur-based Shanti Construction Company had resorted to day broad day light of minor minerals from Tangi-Choudwar tehsil of Cuttack district.`
The case pertains to the discharge of untreated leachate into river Beas at village Rangadi, gram panchayat Shallen, Manali .
SC said there are sufficient safeguards in the plan to balance the need for development while taking care of and addressing the environmental and ecological concerns.
The Committee shall examine the matter, if necessary, visit the site concerned, collect relevant information, study the matter, and submit a detailed factual report with all relevant materials within three months, said the NGT.
The civic body has issued altogether 108 challans, slapping fines amounting to Rs15 lakh in this regard.
This year, no idol immersion was allowed in the Yamuna following the directions of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) under National Green Tribunal (NGT).
On 23 September, the NGT issued an order stating, “Let a committee be constituted comprising (i) representative of Gangasagar Bakkhali Development Authority (ii) District Magistrate, South 24- Parganas, (iii) representative of state Coastal Zone Management Authority (CZMA). The committee shall inspect the area in question, verify on factual aspects and submit its report.”
Taking cognizance of a report, filed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the NGT noted that the Delhi government has not deposited Rs 25 crore as per its order on December 3, 2018 and even though an action taken report (ATR) has been filed, the action hardly meets the magnitude of violation.
Time and again, the tribunal has reminded the state government that the Sundarbans fall under ecologically fragile and sensitive zone declared as biosphere hotspot by the United Nations and of the necessity to protect this precious region in the interest of environment and progeny. Godkhali tourist lodge remaining intact displays obstinacy of the state and its violation of the order of the tribunal, the NGT observed.