The panel granted three-week time to CPCB, MPCB and BMC Commissioner to file their responses and also issued notice to other respondents seeking their replies in the matter
NGT orders chief secretary of Gujarat and Director Industrial Safety and Health to file a response in the fire and blast incident at Aether Industries Ltd plant in Sachin GIDC. The case has been transferred to Western Zonal Bench of NGT in Pune. Gujarat Pollution Control Board and AIL have already appeared in the hearing. NGT ordered the parties to submit their response in three weeks.
The Western Zonal Bench of NGT has earlier on August 22 admitted two sets of petitions by Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society (NMEPS) and another by a group of city residents and directed CIDCO not to proceed with the tender process of Plot 2A in Sectors 54-56-58.
After Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave contended that the entire jurisdiction of NGT was taken away, a Bench headed by CJI UU Lalit listed the matter for hearing on October 17.