NGT asks NIT how many trees will be cut for its campus in Kashmir’s Pulwama
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of the Director National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar and asked him to “disclose the entire plan of construction” of the proposed new campus of the Institute in south Kashmir.
The tribunal has also asked him to reveal the number of trees, which are proposed to be cut to construct the new campus at Pulwama’s Newa village.
“(The) respondent no.5 (Director, NIT Srinagar) is directed to disclose the entire plan of construction of NIT campus and number of trees which are proposed to be cut in the process of the said construction along with its reply affidavit,” the tribunal has said in its order on April 1. The order came on a petition filed by environmental activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat, who has argued that the Pulwama villages ...