NGT asks CMRL to get green nod for new line
The Hindu
The line touches Nanmangalam Reserve Forest boundary
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. (CMRL) to not proceed with its project along the Nanmangalam Reserve Forest area without getting necessary permissions and approvals required under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The NGT has directed that since the project is still under tender stage, CMRL must obtain the permissions and then proceed with the work. As part of CMRL’s phase-2, which consists of three corridors, the C-5 alignment connects Madhavaram in the north to Sholinganallur in the south. CMRL submitted before the tribunal that the alignment is confined to the periphery of the Reserve Forest and does not pass through the Nanmangalam Reserve Forest.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.