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Supreme Court notifies Centre on plea against exempting authorities from undertaking Environment Impact Assessment
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 02:56 PM IST
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The direction was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde which was hearing a plea by NGO Association For Protection Of Democratic Rights against felling of over 350 trees for construction of railway over bridges (ROB) and widening of National Highway-112 from Barasat to Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.
The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre on a plea challenging the notification exempting authorities from undertaking the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) if a road project has length less than 100 kilometer. The apex court, meanwhile, directed the Centre, West Bengal government and an NGO to exchange names among themselves which were suggested for being appointed in an expert panel on fixing criteria on felling of trees for projects on the basi