NGT directs Centre, states to install Bird Diverters on existing solar and wind powerlines ANI | Updated: Dec 23, 2020 13:35 IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Centre through the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and other states to install Bird Diverters on existing solar and wind powerlines as soon as possible and preferably within four months.
A bench of the NGT, headed by its chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel issued several directions on Wednesday while disposing of a petition on an NGO, Centre for Wildlife and Environmental Litigation through Bhanu Bansal who stated that there is an urgent need to protect and conserve the great Indian bustard as the same is on the verge of extinction.