NGT challenges CRZ nod for temple
The Free Press Journal|May 01, 2024
Activist B N Kumar argues illegal allocation of 10-acre plot under CRZ1 without proper approval to Balaji temple in Ulwe; next hearing scheduled for Aug 30 after NGT bench admits application
RAINA ASSAINAR
NGT challenges CRZ nod for temple

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has admitted a city-based enviapplication ronmentalist's challenging the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) nod given for the Tirupati Balaji temple at Ulwe coast in Navi Mumbai. The western zonal bench of the NGT, comprising Justice Dinesh Kumar as judicial member and Dr Vijay Kulkarni as the expert member, served notice to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) to respond within four weeks.

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