Adyar Creek’s gain is Foreshore Estate’s loss in this green move that seems to have gone terribly wrong.

The Public Works Department is now dumping construction debris, ordered to be removed by the National Green Tribunal from the Adyar Creek estuary, in Foreshore Estate, on the beach near Srinivasapuram. Truckloads of debris from the creek is now being dumped on the beach to level it so that the Ganesha idols could be immersed, said a contractor, who has been given the licence to clear the debris from the estuary.

Last month, as part of a three-judge Supreme Court bench, Justice Swatanter Kumar had ensured more work for the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by ordering that all cases involving questions of envir

New Delhi: Six months after it directed Delhi and UP governments to stop dumping solid waste on the Yamuna river bed, the National Green Tribunal on Monday issued fresh instructions to the UP irrig

The National Green Tribunal has asked the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to ensure that all debris that has accumulated on the banks of the river Yamuna is removed. Issuing the order on Monday, the NGT said the Delhi administration as well as the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh should ensure the removal of all the debris lying in the banks of the Yamuna, within their jurisdiction, irrespective of the fact as to who has dumped it.

Jorhat, Sept.