ORDER

1. Case called out. No one is present on behalf of the Applicant.

2. This Original Application was originally registered in the New Delhi Bench of National Green Tribunal as O.A. No.26/2024, (Dr. Laxmidhar Biswal Vs. State of Odisha), on a letter petition received by the New Delhi Bench from the Applicant-Dr. Laxmidhar Biswal resident of Olihan, P.O.-Alasahi, P.S.-Astaranga, District-Puri, Odisha. Thereafter, the case file has been transferred to the Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata by the New Delhi Bench vide order dated 16.02.2024 and the case has been re-numbered as Original Application No.68/2024/EZ.

3. This Original Application was registered on the basis of the letter petition received from one Dr. Laxmidhar Biswal resident of Olihan, P.O. Alasahi, PS Astaranga, District Puri, Odisha making an allegation that the contractor, namely, Sri Bidyadhar Swain, JE Er. Sushanta Kumar Pradhan of OSPH&WC Bhubaneswar division have encroached upon Prachi River unauthorizedly and caused irreparable loss to the river in the process of implementing the on- going project at Kakatpur i.e. construction of the Model Bus Stand at Kakatpur. It has been alleged that the project proponent and the name