National Green Tribunal Seeks Explanation For Granting Environment Clearance To Drill Oil In Assam National Park [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal ordered the Environment Ministry and State Pollution Control Board to submit a report explaining how it granted an Environment Clearance permitting Indian Oil Corporation to drill oil wells in the Dibru–Saikhowa National Park of Assam. Assam-based conservationists Bimal Gogoi and Mridu Paban Phukan appealed the Eastern Zone Bench of the National...