GUWAHATI, April 24 -- The Assam government has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has ceased the construction of a commando camp spanning 44 hectares within a protected forest area, following a warning from the union environment ministry issued last month.

According to an inspection report by the union ministry of environment, forest, and climate change, the construction of the camp was found to contravene the Forest (Conservation) Act.

Consequently, the union ministry directed the Assam government to suspend all work on the site.

The NGT's principal bench, chaired by Justice Prakash Shrivastava along with Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member Senthil Vel, convened to address a suo-motu case concerning the establishm...