NGT orders joint inspection of chromite mining pollution in Sukinda

NGT orders joint inspection of chromite mining pollution in Sukinda

NGT forms joint panel to inspect alleged hexavalent chromium pollution from Sukinda chromite mines in Odisha, with CPCB/OSPCB to report in a month.

NGT forms panel to investigate pollution in Sukinda mining region - OrissaPOST

Jajpur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a probe into allegations of water pollution and health hazards in Odisha’s Sukinda mining region by constituting a joint committee to verify the claims and recommend remedial measures. The Eastern Zone Bench of the NGT, comprising Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Expert Member Ishwar Singh, passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Kailash Chandra Nayak alleging environmental violations …

NGT Orders Bhopal Officials to Clear Encroachments From Wetland Buffer Zone

The National Green Tribunal‘s Central Zone Bench in Bhopal has ordered state officials to remove illegal construction from the 50-metre buffer around the Bhoj Wetland, Kaliasot Dam and Kerwa Dam, and made the district’s top revenue officers personally accountable for enforcing it. The order, passed July 29 by Judicial Member Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and Expert Member Dr. Prashant Gargava, came during a joint hearing of four linked cases, includi…