Arunachal: NGT halts construction activity at Namsai Reserve Forest
Guwahati: All construction has been banned by the Eastern Branch of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which is situated in Kolkata in the Namsai district’s Manabhum reserve forest and Namsai reserve forest areas.
The NGT imposed the temporary order in response to a complaint Tongam Jomoh and James Teli Camder made against the MoEF&CC and others. According to the complaint, construction work is being done in restricted forest areas.
The judge set the case for hearing on April 19.
According to the court order, “List on 19.04.2023, until then there shall be a stay on all construction activities within the Namsai forest areas in question.”
The respondents shall submit their counteraffidavits within four weeks.
“19.5 hectares of forest land have been encroached on in Tengapani area for the construction of the Golden Pagoda and a meditation center, while 2.5 hectares of forest land in Namsai reserved forest have been encroached on for the construction of the mini-secretariat building in Namsai,” the complainants have claimed.
In addition, they asserted that five hectares of forest area in the Manabhum reserve forest in the Lathou circle had been invaded by the construction of a Buddha monument.