Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhash Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 18/01/2017 regarding pollution of Santragachi Jheel, Howrah, West Bengal. Howrah Municipal Corporation shall continue with the task of cleaning the Jheel with the aid and assistance of the Department of Forest. NGT finds the affidavit of Deptt. of Environment woefully short of the court's expectations and said that "expression of inability to declare the Santragachi Jheel area as ‘silence zone’ relying upon the notification issued by the MOEF, Govt. of India on the subject appears to be quite mechanical. It is within the authority of the State to supplement the notification of the MOEF being one having general application."

Related Previous Order Dated 04/07/2016