KOCHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to pay an environmental compensation of Rs 2 crore to the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) within two months for the unscientific greenbelt developed by them. The order was passed by NGT while hearing petitions filed by residents\u2019 associations living near the government-owned oil company\u2019s Ambalamugal compound. <\/p>\n
The NGT also directed the PSU to increase the density of tree cover in the areas already earmarked for greenbelt, in consultation with the state forest department. As per the NGT order, if the amount is not paid, the state PCB has been directed to take steps to recover the same from BPCL as per the law. The tribunal also directed BPCL to maintain the greenbelt along the boundaries as far as possible and plant species that will not cause any impediments to safety measures of the existing plants as per the guidelines issued by the different departments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KOCHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to pay an environmental compensation of Rs 2 crore to the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) within two months for the unscientific greenbelt developed by them. The order was passed by NGT while hearing petitions filed by residents\u2019 associations living near the government-owned oil company\u2019s Ambalamugal compound. The NGT also directed the PSU to increase the density of tree cover in the areas already earmarked for greenbelt, in consultation with the state forest department. As per the NGT order, if the amount is not paid, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,207,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-oil-gas-the-new-indian-express","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}