Green tribunal posts creek case to Oct. 29.

The New Delhi-based Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal recent posted to October 29 an appeal for modification of its order that stayed the Rs. 57.6-crore project to expand the fishery harbour at Bunder here.

The 2011 construction work, subsequently revised to Rs. 100 crore, was halted after the Bench ordered maintenance of status quo on the petition filed by Mangalorean Octavia Albuquerque and others against the Union government of India and others. The Tribunal stayed the project saying that the project was filling up a natural creek in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules.

A miscellaneous application was filed seeking permission for Yojaka India Pvt. Ltd., which is executing the expansion project to remove debris or mud lying on the banks of the creek, saying this was necessary to prevent further damage.

The Tribunal had appointed an expert committee to look into the issue.


THE HINDU