India, Dec. 4 -- NGT examines a petition challenging a proposed industrial estate located just 30 metres from the Rambiara river in Shopian, Jammu & Kashmir.

Applicant warns the estate falls within the floodplain, posing risks to villages, farmland and orchards across the river.

Separate NGT filings flag inadequate action by Hazaribag Municipal Corporation to curb pollution and encroachment at Dhobia talab and Jhinjhari stream.

Tribunal also seeks responses on the unrecognised Kotla Akhera wetland in Nuh, Haryana, which supports diverse birdlife but faces poaching and encroachment.

Authorities, including MoEFCC and state pollution control boards, have been directed to submit their replies across all three matters.

Plans for an indust...