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NEW DELHI, Nov 16: The National Green Tribunal today banned all types of con- struction, residential or commer- cial, in any part of the “green, for- est and core areas” of Himachal Pradesh and within three metres of the national highways. The tribunal rapped the Himachal Pradesh Government for permitting indiscriminate con- struction and said it has failed to discharge its constitutional obliga- tions and it was this failure that has exposed picturesque Shimla to nat- ural and man-made disasters. “If such unplanned and indis- criminate development is permit- ted, there will be irreparable loss and damage to the environment, ecology and natural resources on the one hand and inevitable disas- ter on the other,” the bench said. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar restrained the Himachal Pradesh Government and its departments from cutting hills and forests without prior sub- mission of application for sanc- tioning of plans for construc- tion.(PTI) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2017 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU NGT bans construction within 3 metres of national highways in Himachal
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NEW DELHI, Nov 16:
The National Green Tribunaltoday banned all types of con-struction, residential or commer-cial, in any part of the “green, for-est and core areas” of HimachalPradesh and within three metresof the national highways.
The tribunal rapped theHimachal Pradesh Government forpermitting indiscriminate con-struction and said it has failed todischarge its constitutional obliga-tions and it was this failure that hasexposed picturesque Shimla to nat-ural and man-made disasters.
“If such unplanned and indis-criminate development is permit-ted, there will be irreparable loss
and damage to the environment,ecology and natural resources onthe one hand and inevitable disas-ter on the other,” the bench said.
A bench headed by NGTChairperson Justice SwatanterKumar restrained the HimachalPradesh Government and itsdepartments from cutting hillsand forests without prior sub-mission of application for sanc-tioning of plans for construc-tion.(PTI)
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NGT bans construction within 3 metres of national highways in Himachal
