Check if eco clearance was obtained for NH work: NGT to expert panel

KOCHI: The southern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, (MoEF&CC) on the allegation that environmental clearance was not obtained to initiate development of NH-66 stretch between Ramanattukara and Edappally.

The bench comprising Justice K Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta, in the order issued on November 11 on a petition filed by Malappuram native Mohammed Jishar, Ernakulam native K S Zachariya and Thrissur native Beena, has formed a two-member committee to look into the allegations.