By Express News Service
CUTTACK: Invitation of functions for public sale of 4 sand sources in Budhabalanga river in Mayurbhanj district on the premise of an interim district survey report has come below the scrutiny of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
The NGT’s east zone bench in Kolkata on Friday issued notices to the State authorities on a petition which alleged that the Tehsildar of Badasahi had given a go by to obligatory norms and invited the functions for public sale by way of an commercial on March 15 with April 28 as final date for submission of bids.
The bench of Justice B Amit Sthalekar (Judicial Member) and Justice Saibal Dasgupta (Expert Member) directed State counsel Prasenjeet Mohapatra to acquire directions or file affidavit as to how the letter was issued by the Tehsildar inviting functions for grant of sand mining lease on the premise of an interim district survey report.
Bibekananda Pattnaik filed the petition whereas advocate Sankar Prasad Pani argued on his behalf. The bench directed for itemizing of the matter on April 26. The petitioner identified that the survey report is just not primarily based on floor realities and a joint go to by the Water Resources division officers and the tehsildar, which is obligatory earlier than leasing out sand sources, was not carried out.
The petition additionally identified that the obligatory replenishment research has not been carried out to know the replenishment charge of sand mining sources to arrest over-exploitation and unlawful sand mining. River financial institution erosion has been noticed within the extremely dynamic Budhabalanga river.
