NGT directs Budgam DC to appear before it in ‘illegal’ river bed mining case
SRINAGAR, Jan 18 (PTI): The National Green Tribunal has directed the deputy commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district to appear before it in a case of “illegal and unscientific” river bed mining in the Sukhnag that “adversely affects” the river ecology.
The green panel was hearing an application moved by activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat, alleging illegal and unscientific river bed mining in the Sukhnag in the central Kashmir district using excavators and cranes that adversely affected the river ecology.
In its order dated January 15, the tribunal said the counsel for the applicant had pointed out that the deputy commissioner was the primary respondent responsible for controlling the “illegal unregulated” mining in the area.
