Dehradun: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday gives ahead for Delhi-Dehradun Expressway development, which is expected to reduce travel time between two cities to under three hours since 5-6 hours is needed at this time.
With a tribunal nod to the project, around 11,000 trees were set to be accessed at the express stretch of 19 km from Ganeshpur to Asharodi (NH-72A).
“We find it difficult to argue that there is no apportion of thoughts by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF & CC) by giving forest cell permits,” said the command authorized by the bench headed by the Chairman of NGT, Justice Adarsh ​​Kumar .
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The applicant, a Doon-based NGO citizen ‘has approached the Supreme Court earlier this year to avoid logging trees.
The APEX court has referred to this problem to NGT.
Applicants argue that almost 2 times 210 km, the project must undergo a mandatory environmental impact assessment (EIA), which is not.
However, the court decided that “was not needed.” “The overall road connectivity cannot be taken to become a project for that purpose,” Bench said.
Tribunal said that Delhi-Dehradun Highway is an important highway that connects Delhi, Haryana and Western to Dehradun and higher Himalayas and therefore, “the capacity augmentation of this highway is not only important to connect the country’s capital with Uttarakhand with the national capital, But it is also important for strategic defense purposes for the movement of troops / warts that are on time and without limits to higher Himalayan reach.
“The sequence emphasizes the need to ensure that mitigation measures are effectively implemented and monitored in despicement of national highway authorities India (NHAI).
NGT established a 12 member committee consisting of government officials from organizations such as the Central Polution Control Board, the Wildlife Institute of India, and the Forest Research Institute which will be led by Secretary of Uttarakhand.