Submit final report on Rihand reservoir within two weeks: NGT

Only days after the empowered core committee constituted by National Green Tribunal sought more time to submit its final report on damages to environment and locals around Rihand Reservoir, the tribunal has directed the panel to submit its final report within two weeks.

Updated on: May 29, 2015, 20:10:36 IST

Hindustan Times | By Neeraj Santoshi, Bhopal

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Only days after the empowered core committee constituted by National Green Tribunal sought more time to submit its final report on damages to environment and locals around Rihand Reservoir, the tribunal has directed the panel to submit its final report within two weeks.

The NGT has also directed the empowered panel to upload the report on the website of the Central Pollution Control Board for public viewing.

The principal bench of NGT, New Delhi, gave these directions while hearing a case filed file by advocate Ashwani Dubey.

The bench included justice UD Salvi, Justice MS Nambiar and expert members DK Agrawal, Prof AR Yousuf and Bikram Singh Sajwan.

The order was given during the hearing on Wednesday but the copy of the order was made available on Thursday.

The next hearing in the case is on July 21.

Rihand Sagar, spread over 466 sq kms in MP and Uttar Pradesh, is considered the largest manmade reservoir in India.

The Rihand dam is built over river Rihand, a tributary of the Son river, in UP’s Sonbhadra district.

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Neeraj Santoshi
Neeraj Santoshi is the Chief of Bureau for Hindustan Times in Uttarakhand, where he leads the state reporting team while covering government, politics, environment, wildlife, Uttarakhand High Court, and issues shaping the Himalayan region. With more than two decades in journalism across conflict zones, he has covered politically sensitive regions and environmentally fragile landscapes, and focused on stories that combine public interest with in-depth storytelling. An alumnus of Pune University with a Master’s in Communication Studies, he has reported extensively from Jammu & Kashmir (2003-2010), Madhya Pradesh (2010 to 2018 ) and Uttarakhand (Since 2018), covering subjects ranging from insurgency, elections and governance to wildlife conservation, mining, climate change, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He has covered politics and legislative assemblies of both Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh over more than a decade. Before taking over as Chief of Bureau in Uttarakhand, he served as Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in Madhya Pradesh and earlier reported for both Hindustan Times and The Indian Express in Jammu & Kashmir, where he covered state politics, environment and insurgency-related developments. Over the years, his stories have focused on environmental degradation, wildlife, illegal mining, governance and the changing social fabric of Himalayan states and Central India. He is particularly interested in long-form explanatory journalism, and stories that explore the intersection of ecology, conservation, governance and society. Outside the newsroom, Neeraj enjoys reading widely on neuroscience, consciousness studies, Artificial Intelligence and quantum physics, with a special interest in Kashmiri Tantric Shaivist traditions. He is also passionate about wildlife, mountaineering and the Himalayas, interests that continue to inform his reporting and deepen his understanding of the region he covers.Read More

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