Dimapur, Sept. 29 -- Advocate Sanjita Sarkar of Kolkata has filed a fresh petition before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata, against the decision of the Nagaland government to set up the Greenfield airport near Chiethu in Kohima district, seeking a fresh technical and ecological feasibility study of the project.
The original application, filed under Sections 18(1), 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, sought directions to maintain status quo at the proposed site and restrain the union civil aviation ministry and the Nagaland government from proceeding with construction of the airport pending consideration of the environmental and technical issues raised in the application.
The petitioner...