New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to form an expert panel to oversee green clearances given to projects while hearing a plea challenging the construction of bridge projects in West Bengal.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was hearing the petition filed by Association For Protection Of Democratic Rights, an NGO, against felling of over 350 trees for construction of railway over bridges and widening of National Highway-112 from Barasat to Petrapole on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.
The bench comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, directed the Centre, the West Bengal government and the NGO to exchange names which were suggested to be members of the expert panel on fixing criteria on felling of trees for projects on the basis of their overall value.