Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil M. Puri & Others Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 15/05/2019 on the issue of grant of consent to establish (CTE) to an industry in the area of river Kosi and Dabka in Tehsils Bazpur, Kashipur and Ramnagar.

The NGT directs that any CTE and consent to operate (CTO) if already granted to any stone crushers/screening plants in the area of river Kosi and Dabka in Bazpur, Kashipur and Ram Nagar shall remain suspended, till the High Court of Uttarakhand decides on a case related to the matter. The High Court had in its order of 27.08.2018 had directed the state government to submit a report on the carrying capacity of two rivers for the purpose of extraction of riverbed mining of minor minerals (RBM).