Post Kerala floods, NGT stays ECs

September 05, 2018 01:05 am | Updated 01:05 am IST - New Delhi

Citing the recent devastating floods in Kerala and the serious stress to the Western Ghats ecology, the National Green Tribunal has restrained six States in the region from giving environmental clearance to activities which may adversely affect the eco-sensitive areas.

The six States are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The green panel allowed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to republish the draft notification of the Western Ghats that lapsed on August 26 and asked it to finalise the matter within six months without alterations to the eco-sensitive zone in terms of notification dated February 27, 2017.

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