Pulwama, April 8 -- With an aim of sensitizing law students about different environmental laws, a roundtable was held at KCEF Law College Pulwama in association with J&K Climate Action Group-JKCAG. The programme was presided over by Prof Abdul Hamid Sheikh Director of KCEF Law College. Chairman J&K Climate Action Group Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat deliberated upon the Environmental Protection Act 1986 , Water Pollution Act 1974, Air Pollution Act 1981 , Municipal Solid Waste Rules 2016 and 2026. He also explained his own case studies, success stories vis a vis these laws and intervention by the National Green Tribunal- NGT .

Environmental Lawyer Advocate Shakir Parray explained how Riverbed Mining Rules were violated in J&K and quoted a case st...