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Green tribunal serves notice on Andhra Pradesh
The final hearing into the petitions filed in the National Green Tribunal against the site selected for Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh, would be held on April 4. The five-member bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar here on Friday issued notices to the AP government and the Environmental Ministry to appear before it with all relevant information and documents.
New Delhi: The final hearing into the petitions filed in the National Green Tribunal against the site selected for Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh, would be held on April 4. The five-member bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar here on Friday issued notices to the AP government and the Environmental Ministry to appear before it with all relevant information and documents.
- The 5-member bench directs the AP govt and Environmental Ministry to appear on April 4
- Urges State govt to identify all floodplains of River Krishna that fall under CRDA region
It also directed the AP government to identify all floodplains of the River Krishna that fall under the Capital Region Development Authority purview as pointed out by the petitioner. It noted with consternation that the AP government had not so far submitted the details sought by it in this regard nor any clarity was given on the assurances sought earlier.
The AP government must identify the areas that could face a possible flooding and come up with a report by the time the final hearing would take place, the bench directed. When the counsels of the State government kept arguing that the possibility of floods to River Krishna was only once in a 100 years, the bench disagreed and said it was still relevant that the government take all precautions to prevent and impending damage to the environment and eco-systems in and around River Krishna.
There was no way that heavy floods could be contained by a few bunds and walls, it said. The government should keep in mind, while preparing the report on the floodplains that it should include all possible areas that could face inundation in case of heavy floods and submit the same.
When the defence lawyers pointed out to the NGT that the petitioner, Srimannarayana, had posted a message on facebook that he needed contributions from people to fight the NGT case in this regard and hence the petition be dismissed, the NGT full bench disagreed pointing out that the petitioner had every right to question or seek legal recourse.
Every citizen had a right to fight legally against what he or she deemed wrong and the NGT could not take the right away from the citizens. However, it directed the petitioner to tender an unconditional apology for his act in this regard following which the latter tendered the same. Senior Counsel, A K Ganguly, argued on behalf of the AP government and Sanjan Parikh represented the petitioner.
