Hyderabad, Nov. 9 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of the proposed coal plant construction near the Ramappa Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mulugu district.

A bench comprising NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad registered a case and issued notices on November 4 to the Telangana Pollution Control Board, the Mulugu district collector, the Central Pollution Control Board, the Chennai regional office of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Central Ground Water Authority, making them respondents.

According to a report by The Times of India, the bench asked the respondents to file affidavits before the Southern Zonal Bench at Chennai...