2013
Lalit Mohan
Dharamsala, March 9
The National Green Tribunal has constituted an independent five-member committee headed by Justice Jasbir Singh, former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, to probe alleged illegal mining in the Swan riverbed in Himachal Pradesh’s Una. Illegal’ quarrying
The petition alleging illegal mining was filed by an Una resident
The panel will also comprise regional officers of the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Central Soil and Water Conversation Research Institute (Dehradun) and the Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla.
A three-member NGT Bench comprising Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and expert member Nagin Nanda issued the order on a complaint filed by an Una resident, Amandeep.