Karnataka quarry blast | NGT directs committee to submit report
The Hindu
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a six-member committee and directed it to submit a report in connection with a gelatin explosion at a quarry site in Chikkaballapur in Karnataka that left six people dead.
A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A.K. Goel took note of a media report and issued notices to the Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board, Director Mines Karnataka and the District Magistrate Chikkaballapur.
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