India, March 3 -- NGT halts Visakhapatnam ship conversion without clearances.

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Faridabad municipal corporation reports resolving Sector 21-A waste site mismanagement issues.

NGT halts plan to convert Visakhapatnam ship into tourist spot

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) February 25, 2026 passed directions on a proposal to turn a ship that ran aground in Visakhapatnam into a tourist attraction.

The bench of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana said that MV MAA is situated in CRZ-IB, an ecologically sensitive intertidal zone. Activities in the CRZ-IB zone are strictly regulated under the CRZ Notification, 2011. The proposed conversion includes structural stabilisation, installation of steel...