India, April 9 -- NHAI should be penalised for highway over protected waterbody: NGT

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) should have disclosed to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) that it would be constructing eight pillars in the waterbody in Goyla Khurd village of Delhi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) said April 6, 2026.

"There is no dispute to the proposition that a balance is required to be struck between the environmental protection and development, but even for attracting the said principle an agency involved in the developmental project is required to follow the law and take necessary applicable environmental clearances by disclosing full facts to the Environment Impact Assessmen...