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The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has permitted the counsel of the petitioners to file their objections, if any, to the panel report by February 17.
The petitioners had stated before the National Green Tribunal that the proponents of the Edappally-Ramanattukara national highway stretch widening would not be able to proceed with the work without conducting proper environment impact assessment as it came under the ‘Category A’ of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.
They had cited similar cases before the Principal Bench of the tribunal and the Madras High Court to point out that the authorities were trying to widen the road without getting prior environmental clearance. The petitioners had requested the tribunal to issue a directive that environment clearance is a pre-requisite for the construction/development/widening of the National Highway-66 from Ramanattukara to Edappally.
KCZMA ‘no’ to slaughterhouse waste processing unit at Edayar
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Factory buildings found to come under no-development zone violating CRZ norms
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Factory buildings found to come under no-development zone violating CRZ norms The Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA) has found that the factory buildings for a slaughterhouse waste processing unit in the industrial development area in Edayar, located close to the banks of the Periyar river, come under the no-development zone, in violation of the provisions of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2011.
The report was filed before the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal in the case against the ‘consent to establish’ provided by the State Pollution Control Board for the project. The tribunal had asked the KCZMA to ascertain whether there was any violation of the CRZ Notification 2011 or 2019, if any, which was in force at the time of setting up of the unit.
Work on stormwater drains on ECR stopped, Corporation tells NGT
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Residents allege that work was done despite orders to stop
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Residents allege that work was done despite orders to stop
The Greater Chennai Corporation has given an undertaking to the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal that it will not continue work on the stormwater drains (SWDs) along the East Coast Road (ECR) till further orders.
The Corporation made the submission on Monday, after the lawyer for the residents’ welfare associations, who are against the implementation of the project, told the NGT that despite a stop-work order, construction activity was still under way. Former Advocate-General A.L. Somayaji, who appeared for the Corporation, told the Tribunal that no further construction had been carried out.
State is not above the law, says National Green Tribunal
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‘Fish landing centre in Thoothukudi built without CRZ clearance’
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‘Fish landing centre in Thoothukudi built without CRZ clearance’
The State is not above the law if there are violations committed in a project implemented by it, the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said.
A violator has to face the consequences if any law is violated, it said, hearing a case against the construction of a fish landing centre of the Fisheries Department at Singithurai in Thoothukudi.
The report of a joint committee, which was submitted to the NGT, pointed to the violations in the construction of the fish landing centre in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area without the necessary clearance under the CRZ Notification, 2011, and also in the laying of a concrete road, which was prohibited in the location.
SLMC to study waste disposal at Medical College
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Biomedical waste mixed with food waste found dumped in pits
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Biomedical waste mixed with food waste found dumped in pits
The State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) on Solid Waste Management will submit its report on shortcomings in management of biomedical and other waste at the Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, before the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) soon.
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has submitted a report before SLMC Chairman A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai after inspecting the hospital premises in the wake of the open burning of non-biodegradable and biomedical waste on Thursday. The committee is likely to finalise its report by the end of next week.