NGT Bench Set to Hear Nicobar Case on Feb 27

A larger bench of the national green tribunal is set to hear the Great Nicobar township and area development matter on February 27, a cause list issued on Friday said.

- Jayashree Nandi

NEW DELHI:

A six-member bench through an April 2023 order constituted a high-powered committee headed by the secretary of the union environment ministry to revisit the environmental clearance (EC) granted to the infrastructure projects involving an area of 16,610 hectares in the ecologically fragile islands.

The order said there can be no two views about the need for adequate studies of adverse impact on coral reefs, mangroves, turtle nesting sites, bird nesting sites, other wildlife, of erosion, disaster management and other conservation and mitigation measures.