India, May 26 -- The NGT upheld the decision to construct and widen the 16-km Asharam Tiraha-Ratnagiri Tiraha Ayodhya Bypass project in Bhopal, subject to compliance with environmental and tree protection rules.

The tribunal directed monitoring of compensatory plantation for 15 years and sought details on funds deposited and used for tree felling, plantation and re-afforestation in Madhya Pradesh.

In Ghaziabad, the NGT asked the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to verify compliance measures for conserving a polluted waterbody in Dasna village.

The tribunal also sought responses and a fact-finding report on alleged illegal sand mining in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha.

Tree felling for Ayodhya Bhopal bypass

The National Green T...