Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- The Rs.61-crore multi-level parking project at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), built on a 26,000-square-metre area, is likely to be back on track after remaining stalled for 15 months, with the Supreme Court (SC) now clarifying the legal position on post-facto (retrospective) environmental clearance

The project was halted last year after an audit team found that the institute had not taken the mandatory clearance before starting construction. By then, PGIMER had already completed 70% of the construction work.

The 2006 Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, issued by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC), makes prior environmental cle...