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Jolt for Arunachal: NGT stays construction activities ‘within Namsai forest area’

Itanagar, Mar 20 (UNI) In what appeared to be a major setback for the State authorities, the National Green Tribal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata has directed the State respondents in Govt of Arunachal Pradesh to not carry out construction activities within the Namsai forest area in question.
The Bench of Justice B Amit Sthalekar (Judicial Member) and Prof A Senthil Vel (Expert Member), after going through the original application filed by applicants James Teli Camder and Tongam Jomoh with the allegation that constructions have been made and are being made within the Namsai forest area which is stated to be a reserved forest, has ordered to “issue notice to the respondents, returnable within four weeks”.
“List on 19.04.2023, till then there shall be a stay on all construction activities within the Namsai Forest area in question,” read the NGT ‘order’.
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