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Floods: SC asks for replies from Centre, NDMA, affected states
The Political and Business Daily
|September 05, 2025
CONSIDERING the unprecedented landslides and flooding in states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought the stand of the Centre, National Disaster Management Authority and others, and observed “illegal felling of trees led to the disasters".
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Observing a balance ought to be struck between “development and environment”, a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran also issued notices to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) as well as the governments of Himachal Pr
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