India, April 23 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected a plea seeking deemed environmental clearance for a proposed integrated multi-sports arena project in Dwarka and directed authorities to take action over illegal tree felling and unauthorised construction at the site.

The tribunal said no environmental clearance (EC) had been granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), noting that the project's status on the PARIVESH portal still shows "ADS Raised", indicating pending submissions.

The bench, headed by NGT chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, said prior EC is mandatory before starting any construction under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006.

It rejected the d...