National Green Tribunal (NGT)
- March 1, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Subject: Environment
Context: NGT cites delay in filing appeal to dismiss every second plea which has at times effected implementation of laws even as such appeals falls within outer time limit of 60 days apart from initial 30 days.
Concept:
- Under the NGT Act, 2010, a clearance can be challenged by an affected party within 30 days while the Tribunal has the authority to condone another 60 days’ delay given “sufficient cause”.
- This time limit applies from the day of communication as both regulators and developers are legally required to place every project clearance in the public domain.
Some of the projects according to a report which saw appeal by people against environment clearances being denied even when sufficient cause existed:
- Kusmunda opencast coal mine – Chhattisgarh
- Penganga opencast coal mine – Maharashtra
- limestone mining – Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district
- Ashti Lift Irrigation Scheme III – Maharashtra
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