Ranchi, May 28 (IANS) A case related to the construction of hotels and resorts in Jharkhand’s Netarhat eco-sensitive zone and Palamu Tiger Reserve has now reached the National Green Tribunal (NGT). According to a petition filed by environmental activist Govind Pathak, large-scale commercial construction is being carried out within the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) in violation of prescribed norms.Taking cognisance of the matter, the eastern zonal bench of the Kolkata-based NGT has found the petitio…
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Jaipur, March 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has transferred a case related to the alleged illegal cutting of nearly 90 trees in Dholpur, Rajasthan, to its Central Zone Bench in Bhopal. The case concerns accusations that several mature and fruit-bearing trees were uprooted using heavy machinery in a residential area, raising serious environmental concerns.The matter was initially heard by the NGT’s Principal Bench in New Delhi and registered as Original Application No 124/2026. It…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted one more opportunity to villagers of Karedu in Andhra Pradesh to place material on record in support of their plea opposing diversion of agricultural land for industrial use. A bench comprising Judicial Member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Member Ishwar Singh was hearing a complaint filed on the green tribunal’s public grievances portal, later registered as an original application suo motu (on its own motion).The comp…