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NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL KOLKATA (EASTERN ZONE BENCH)
B. Amit Sthalekar, Judicial Member, Arun Kumar Verma, Expert Member
Srikanta Kumar Pakal – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. illegal morrum extraction without ec (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 8) |
| 2. committee verifies site violations (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. contract requires earth sourcing compliance (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. respondent denies illegal mining (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 5. court confirms habitual illegal excavation (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29) |
| 6. ngt jurisdiction limited to environment (Para 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 7. direct recovery of ec against violator (Para 36 , 37 , 38) |
ORDER
1. Mr. Sankar Prasad Pani, assisted by Mr. Ashutosh Padhy, learned Counsel is present (in Virtual Mode) on behalf of the Applicants.
2. The allegation in the present Original Application is that the Respondent Nos.13 is constructing a 3rd line railway track from Bhadrak to Nergundi for which the earthbed is constructed by taking earth/Morrum from various places including Plot No.1606, Khata No.529 under Mania village, Khata No.530, Plot No.48 and Khata No.532, Plot No.550 under the Panchayat Uchapada under Tangi Choudwar Tahasil. It is alleged that about 20 lakh cubic meters of Morrum has been illegally lifted/extracted from various places in Cuttack district. Allegation als
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