India, Oct. 9 -- The Western Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set aside the environmental clearance (EC) granted for the expansion of a residential and commercial project in Viman Nagar, citing deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report. The tribunal said the report failed to provide point-wise responses to the Terms of Reference (ToR) prescribed for the project and was therefore erroneous.

A bench comprising Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, and Sujit Kumar Bajpayee, Expert Member, passed the order on Thursday while allowing an appeal challenging the EC granted by the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Maharashtra, on February 9, 2024.

The project had initia...