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The National Green Tribunal has directed to constitute a joint committee headed by the Regional Officer, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to look into a media report on violation of environmental norms for the operation of Kulda Coal Mine in Odisha and Tamnar Thermal Plant in Chhattisgarh. NGT principal bench headed by Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel directed for forming a joint Committee of Central Pollution Control Board, State PCBs of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Regional Officer of MoEF&CC at Bhuvneshwar and District Magistrates Sundergarh (Odisha) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh) to ascertain facts and furnish a report.
“The Committee may meet within two weeks and undertake a visit to the site. The Committee may coordinate with other concerned departments and after ascertaining facts, the concerned statutory regulators may take further remedial action. A factual and action taken report may be furnished to this Tribunal within two months,” the order dated March 30 read.
