Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prakash Ravaji Devgirikar & Others Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 20/10/2020.
The applicants are the project affected persons of Gunjawani Irrigation Project. In Original Application No. 43/2016 certain directions were issued for rehabilitation and it is alleged that the state of Maharashtra having responsibility for rehabilitation failed to fulfil the pre-condition of the environmental clearance and after gap of more than four years the conditions has not been complied with.
The NGT directed a team to be constituted comprising of
(i) Collector, Pune and
(ii) Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board (SPCB).
The team has to submit a report within six weeks. The matter would be listed again for January 20, 2021.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/order-national-green-tribunal-regarding-rehabilitation-project-affected-persons-gunjawani
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Gunjawani-irrigation-project-NGT-order.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pune-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/environment-clearance-ec