New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- The National Green Tribunal has sought a fresh and updated report from the Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Committee (J&KPCC) on the condition of wetlands in Kashmir, after finding that crucial information regarding their existing area was missing from the report placed before it.

The Tribunal noted that while the J&KPCC had disclosed the revenue area of the wetlands, it had failed to provide details of their actual existing area. It directed the Pollution Control Committee to obtain the missing information and present a comparative position of the revenue area and the existing area of each wetland.

The directions came while the NGT was hearing a matter concerning the protection of wetlands in Kashmir, including...