NGT notice on OIL projects in Tinsukia district
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change to respond within six weeks to a plea challenging its April 9 approval to Oil India Ltd’s proposed onshore oil and gas development drilling and production projects in Mechaki area in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district.
The petition filed by two conservationists — Bimal Gogoi and Mridu Paban Phukon — claimed that the clearance was accorded in violation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, 2006.
The NGT order was passed by a bench comprising Justice S.P. Wangdi and expert member Nagin Nanda on Thursday.
