NGT angry on illegal clearing of forest, stops Char Dham project
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 11:54 PM
New Delhi, Feb 28: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and Uttarakhand government over allegations that forest are being cleared without due procedure for widening highway leading to Char Dham in the Himalayas and orally asked the respondents to temporarily halt work till March 12.
The plea submitted by Citizens for Green Doon, a loose collective of citizens and activists, was acknowledged by a four-member bench of Justices Jawad Rahim, Raghuvendra S. Rathore, S.P. Wangdi and expert-member S.S. Garbyal.
The bench also sought details from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, apart from the Union Environment Ministry and the Uttarakhand government.